Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-05-17-Speech-3-178"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-05-17"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Situation in Zimbabwe2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000517.10.3-178"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-05-17-Speech-3-1792
lpv:speaker	lp:Nirj Deva2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the story of Zimbabwe is one of hope turning to despair – hope that in 1980 Zimbabwe could have realised its full potential and become a leading country in Africa; despair now because the father of the nation has reduced his creation from being one of the richest and most educated of African countries to being one of the poorest. It is a truly remarkable achievement and a case study of mismanagement in recent history. I am sure Mr Mugabe’s place in history books is now secured for all the wrong reasons. Today the country is suffering from 50% unemployment and 60% inflation; he is spending USD 1 million a day on a foreign adventure in the Congo; the foreign exchange reserves have gone and the World Bank has suspended funding on projects. I was astonished to hear the speech just given by my colleague from the Greens. Yet out of despair comes resolution, determination and hope. The country is one of the most educated in Africa and the European Union should be proud of its role in helping to set up that educational support structure in the past 20 years. It has a functioning civic institution and culture. Elections are due and voter rolls are being prepared but those voter rolls must be verified before the election. The opposition parties want more transparency. Twenty people have been killed and more than 1 200 farms illegally occupied. Mr Mugabe has lost control of the country, presiding over lawlessness and corruption. On 24 June elections are going to be held. Yesterday, the Commonwealth Secretary-General said that it is still possible to have free elections. The future of the country lies with the young people of Zimbabwe. They demand the elections. They must be given a chance. It is their future. One thing we must do is to change the culture that is prevalent in Africa today that the winner takes all. We must stop this winner-takes-all culture that every African country has, and I mean every country. We must be seen to have free and fair elections and to demonstrate that they have been fair and free."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; EPP-ED (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) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Conservative and Unionist Party (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Deva (PPE-DE )."1

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