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Brown saves us from total embarrassment
by Thanos Kalamidas
2007-11-29 10:02:38 |
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No, that’s the only answer and nothing else in response to Mugabe’s visit to Europe and his participation in a summit for the future of EU-Africa relations. Mugabe has no place anywhere in Europe except the international court of Hague to answer for his crimes against human rights and humanity in general. People like Mugabe have no reason to put a foot in Europe and if he does it is the obligation of all the European nations to arrest him immediately.
As a European citizen I feel embarrassed that only the British Prime Minister had the strength till now to step out and say no to this dictator that dares to challenge democratic Europe by visiting Portugal for the EU-Africa summit and I feel doubly embarrassed from what President Baroso said that he will use this opportunity to raise the issue of human rights with Zimbabwe. Mr. Baroso you would never invite Hitler, why you do that with Mugabe, except if you would invite Hitler …then we both have made a mistake about democratic and defender of human rights Europe.
British Prime Minister Mr. Brown said that they will send someone to the talks but not him nor any of his ministers. I would suggest sending a policeman with an arrest warrant. And I would suggest for the rest of the European leaders to ask President Baroso and the countries of the presidency who gave them the right to invite this man into this summit. A country from being one of the richest nations in Africa has become a state of violence and murder, a nation with 85% under the level of poverty and over four million Zimbabweans escaping from Mugabe’s regime in southern Africa! A leader that is personally responsible for murder and torture is coming to Europe to talk about what? Freedom, democracy and respect?
The gathering in Portugal in December is seen as crucial in reviving Europe’s relations with Africa and I totally agree with that, and there are major issues to talk about like HIV AIDS, financial support, about the debts that kill the African economy and the depth of hunger. No, with Mugabe there this summit has become more crucial. With this dictator in the room questions about the ethics and the democratic understanding in Europe question how flexible our democratic beliefs are. Yes everybody has the right to speak and Mugabe definitely has the same rights, just as he has the right of a defence in the Hague court room. In his case there is not innocent before proven guilty, he is proven guilty and what is missing is the verdict.
In Harare this minute people are starving to death, people die and the one and only responsible is Mugabe, the same Mugabe who has raped the land, the same Mugabe who has killed all opposition, the same Mugabe who will come to Europe to talk about the future relations. I think Mr. Baroso is not serious with this or he lives on a different planet from the one we live. And in my eyes Mr. Baroso is equally guilty with Mugabe for covering up, giving him an alibi, letting him call himself a leader of a nation that dies and he is responsible.
I was not expecting to say that but Mr. Brown, the questionable British Prime Minister, did the right thing and fortunately saved the rest of us from total embarrassment. The only thing I wish he would take it a bit further and as I said above I wish instead of sending some civil servants to the summit he would send a policeman with an arrest warrant.
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