By Own Correspondent- Reminiscent of the former President Robert Mugabe era, a Harare Polytechnic College lecturer has been suspended by authorities for misconduct following utterances that President Emmerson Mnangagwa had failed to manage the country’s economy.

Amos Dauzen reportedly said that President Emmerson Mnangagwa has mismanaged the country’s economy resulting in poor remuneration for civil servants.

Said the Zimbabwe Lawyer for Human Rights (ZLHR) in a statement:

“At Harare Polytechnic College, authorities have suspended Amos Dauzeni, a lecturer, after he was accused of misconduct for allegedly denigrating President Mnangagwa by stating that he had mismanaged the country’s economy resulting in the payment of poor salaries to government workers.”

Under the former president’s rule, several citizens were arrested for allegedly insulting Mugabe. Zimbabwe’s insult laws were declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court in 2013.

However,the then justice minister, Mnangagwa (who is now the president) is quoted justifying their existence adding that they were necessary.