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Mr President, the European Parliament seems to be an enthusiastic supporter of the presidential elections in Palestine and of democracy in the Middle East. Does this mean that it will also be equally enthusiastic towards the coming elections in Iraq? The Iraqis are surely just as deserving of democracy as the Palestinians.
It will be interesting to see if President Abbas has the will or the ability to curtail the murderous activities of the various terrorist organisations in his domain. Since the European Parliament had 28 observers present at the elections, perhaps they will report what role, if any, was played by Hamas, Fatah and the other terrorist groups in the election.
Parliament has, I believe, spent EUR 17 million of taxpayers’ money on assistance to the Palestinian elections. What proof do we have that this money was properly spent and accounted for? What proof do we have that none of this money found its way into the pockets of terrorist organisations? The European Union has no legitimacy to play a part in the Palestinian – or any other state’s – elections, but if it is going to pour millions of euros into them, then we should at least know where they have gone.
It is remarkable, is it not, that the late President Arafat – who was purportedly a lifelong and selfless champion of an impoverished people – seems nevertheless to have possessed enough part-time entrepreneurial skills to accumulate a multi-million dollar fortune. If only he had thought to remember the Palestinian people in his will to a sufficient extent, then the recent elections could have been staged by his generosity, rather than as a further burden on the European taxpayer.
If the European Union insists on providing funding in the field of Middle Eastern politics, given its legendary levels of corruption we can at least ask that it receive and keep the receipts for its expenditure, contrary to practice to date!"@en1
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