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Since the year 2000 Zimbabwe has been been caught in a vicious cycle of disputed elections and all the flack that comes with it. The opposition has challenged all the results in every election especially presidential elections. The cries and challenges to the election results have not been without merit as independent election observers from all over the world have produced reports with glaring shortcomings and irregularities. Top on the list of irregularities has been issues with the voters roll, capture of the Electoral Commission, meddling from security forces and the captured judiciary. The pattern has led to political thinkers labelling Zimbabwe to be a competitive authoritarian regime that only uses elections for purposes of establishing Legitimacy but is in essence a dictatorship. Legitimacy has been an issue since the early 2000s with election after election being challenged and the Legitimacy of the government being questioned. Legitimacy is essential for a government to exerc...