Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-05-Speech-4-143"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Human rights in Zimbabwe2
dcterms:Language	"nl"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020905.10.4-143"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-05-Speech-4-1442
lpv:speaker	lp:Bob van den Bos2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; ELDR (1999-07-20--2003-03-05)3 substitute; Committee on Development and Cooperation (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 substitute; PETI (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Democraten 66 (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)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) (2002-02-06--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"President Mugabe is allowing his people to starve and is blaming the West. It is not he who has driven his own people to starvation, but the neo-liberal development model. It is not he who has crushed democracy, violently intimidated his political opponents and manipulated elections, but the neo-colonial powers in Europe. It is not he who attacks the independent media, but reprobates who are beyond his control. It is not he who allows his militia to rape women who oppose him, but total strangers. And it is not he who withholds food from his political opponents, but the enemies of Zimbabwe. All this former freedom fighter's political actions now have just one goal: how to stay in power at any cost. No decent person objects to land reform, but every decent person objects to land reform as practised by President Mugabe. Farmers are deprived of everything without any compensation and are forced to flee. It is not the people of Zimbabwe who get the land they are entitled to, but Mr Mugabe’s political buddies. The President was allowed to unashamedly propound misleading political propaganda at the Johannesburg Summit. The so-called smart sanctions against the regime are not being particularly smartly enforced. The penalties must be applied more strictly and the target group must be expanded. I therefore ask Commissioner Patten what the position is regarding the promised investigation into the freezing of these men's assets in Europe. It is high time that new, honest elections were held in this country. President Mbeki of South Africa and other leaders in the region must ultimately accept their responsibility and must support the people of Zimbabwe and not a president who neglects his citizens because of his own hunger for power."@en1

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