Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-07-06-Speech-4-195"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-06"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Fiji and the Solomon Islands2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000706.8.4-195"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-06-Speech-4-1962
lpv:speaker	lp:John Alexander Corrie2
lpv:spoken text	"Madam President, I want to concentrate on the Solomon Islands, but first just a word on Fiji. My ACP-EU Vice-President is one of those held hostage and I would ask you to send a letter of support to his family. The ACP-EU delegation went to the Solomon Islands to study the ethnic tension. It was quite clear after talks that a coup was imminent. Why did it happen? When we arrived we found a complete vacuum. There was no dialogue between the warring parties. The parliament was not functioning. There was no law and order, as those who were police by day were Malaitan militants by night and they opened their armouries to the Malaitans on the morning of the coup. 99.9% of Guadalcanal is held by the IMF group and only Honiara City is held by the Malaitans. This situation is unsustainable. The ethnic conflict is all about the expulsion from Guadalcanal of 40 000 Malaitans back to their own island, to severe hardship, without any compensation. As they did all the work, Guadalcanal is now at a standstill in both rural and urban areas. The presence of Mrs Kinnock and myself did influence the situation for the better. We created dialogue. We had the 48-hour resignation demand on the prime minister withdrawn. We advised them to recall Parliament and have a debate on the situation and this has now happened. Amazingly the leader of the opposition is now the prime minister. All this happened because we pointed out the European Union could withdraw aid if the coup took place at the point of a gun. That aid is 25% of their GDP. But the country is bankrupt and the new prime minister will face the same problems as the last. He must make the parliamentary structure more active, work towards a cease-fire and then have talks on compensation with outside assistance. Outside help will also be needed to regain law and order. I should like to finish by thanking the members of the delegation office there who were so helpful to us."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; BUDG (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 chair; 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) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member_of_the_bureau; EPP-ED (1999-10-12--2002-03-07)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Corrie (PPE-DE )."1

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