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"Mr President, thank you for giving me the opportunity to say a few words about an issue that is troubling me, Irish MEPs and particularly my colleague, Phil Prendergast, from the Socialists.
An Irish citizen was murdered by Bolivian forces exactly three years ago now.
Despite what the Bolivian authorities said, it would appear that Michael Dwyer was unarmed, yet he was shot in the heart and three times in the back by the Bolivian authorities. Naturally, the family want answers to questions but, despite three years having elapsed, the Bolivian authorities are not willing to grant an open, independent, international inquiry into the situation.
His parents, Martin and Caroline, and his sister, Aisling, were here last week. In fairness, they got a good hearing here in Parliament, especially from Lady Ashton, who is supportive of a démarche between both countries, but we need an independent, international open inquiry. We are giving EUR 234 million in aid to the Bolivian authorities and that should be used to force them to give closure to this situation and grant the inquiry."@en1
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