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Democrats: "We Don't Like Sellouts!"

In this excerpt from the Independent Lens documentary Democrats, Paul Mangwana, who was appointed by Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party to oversee the drafting of a new national constitution, tries to calm an angry crowd gathered at a constitutional meeting. Pro-Mugabe citizens think he's trying to sell them out, and the scene becomes tense in a hurry.

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