Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2001-09-06-Speech-4-139"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2001-09-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Zimbabwe2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20010906.7.4-139"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2001-09-06-Speech-4-1402
lpv:speaker	lp:Bas Belder2
lpv:spokenAs	member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Staatkundig Gereformeerde Partij - Gereformeerd Politiek Verbond - Reformatorisch Politieke Federatie (1999-07-20--2002-03-17)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (2000-10-05--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 vice-chair; Delegation for relations with the United States (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, it is truly unbelievable that the once so prosperous Zimbabwe, potentially Southern Africa’s breadbasket, has made such a rapid decline into economic and political chaos. Behind the guise of ‘land reforms’ the so-called ‘veterans’ loot and occupy white-owned farms at will. These bandits shrink from no form of violence. The police stand by laughing at the brutal scenes of intimidation and even murder of honest citizens. Thousands, mostly black agricultural labourers, are also robbed of their jobs and driven from their houses. Despite the fact that the judiciary has branded these activities as illegal, the pillaging goes on undeterred. In addition, the campaign of intimidation has now also turned against the judiciary itself. Various independent senior judges have resigned as a result. The ban on the publication of ‘incorrect’ news capable of causing panic and despair, is used with increasing frequency to muzzle the free press. Opposition leader, Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, was indicted earlier this year for infringing the same law. I should like to take this opportunity to second the proposal of Mr Van Orden to put forward this man’s name for the award of the Sakharov Prize. The orchestrator of this state terrorism is the 77-year-old dictator Robert Mugabe. He justifies his crimes with an appeal to a renewed liberation struggle, a fight against ‘evil capitalism’ and ‘evil whites’. His Vice-President, Mr Joseph Msika, takes things even one step further. He recently declared that whites are not human beings. No comment. It is becoming clear that Mugabe’s excesses are causing him to lose all credibility as a national and regional leader. Still, the isolationist President still has his own friends here and there. At the Libyan festival of revolution last weekend, Mr Mugabe sat next to Colonel Khadaffi as the principal guest. A few days before, his host, Mr Ghaddafi, had given him an oil loan of USD 360 million and a gift of USD one million for his election fund. This crystal-clear joint resolution asks the Council and the Commission to take concrete steps against the criminal policy of the Mugabe regime. No Member State should be allowed to shirk this."@en1
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