{"id":12830,"date":"2016-04-18T08:19:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T14:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcptv26.org\/?p=12830"},"modified":"2016-04-18T08:19:44","modified_gmt":"2016-04-18T14:19:44","slug":"independent-lens-119","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/?p=12830","title":{"rendered":"INDEPENDENT LENS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/democrats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12831\" src=\"http:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/democrats-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"democrats\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/democrats-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/democrats-1024x442.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/images\/democrats.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"LEFT\"><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>DEMOCRATS\/SOFT VENGEANCE<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>MONDAY, APRIL 18 @ 8:00PM<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Ubuntu;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the wake of long-time leader Robert Mugabe\u2019s contentious 2008 presidential win, Zimbabwe took a historic step forward by convening a bipartisan constitutional committee as the country tried to evolve past its years of corrupt, authoritarian leadership. Two men from rival political parties were appointed to the committee: Paul Mangwana and Douglas Mwonzora, opposites in politics and personality, but both passionate and united in their ambition to deliver a historic new foundation for a reformed nation. Should they fail at securing maximum influence for their respective parties on the provisions in the new constitution, dire consequences loom for each. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/independentlens\/films\/democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b><br \/>\nFIND OUT MORE \u00bb<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEMOCRATS\/SOFT VENGEANCE MONDAY, APRIL 18 @ 8:00PM In the wake of long-time leader Robert Mugabe\u2019s contentious 2008 presidential win, Zimbabwe took a historic step forward by convening a bipartisan constitutional committee as the country tried to evolve past its years of corrupt, authoritarian leadership. Two men from rival political parties were appointed to the committee: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/?p=12830\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">INDEPENDENT LENS<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-program-highlights"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12832,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12830\/revisions\/12832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcptv26.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}