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No, Mbeki, we're embarrassed
Saturday, 12 July 2008 10:41According to this article, "South Africa" welcomes the decision of the UN to not impose sanctions against Zimbabwe.
No, Ronnie Mamoepa, ordinary South Africans are deeply embarrassed by the loving behaviour shown by President Thabo Mbeki towards dictator Robert Mugabe. We're ashamed of our leaders. Fellow Africans in Zimbabwe have been denied their right to democracy, and to everything that goes with it, and I don't see why there shouldn't be an arms embargo, and sanctions against Zimbabwean ZANU-PF leaders.
What sort of "dialogue" can there be with a dictator who has stated he will never step down if the opposition party is democratically elected, and continues to arrange and facilitate the death an oppression of other political parties and ordinary citizens?
No, Ronnie Mamoepa, ordinary South Africans are deeply embarrassed by the loving behaviour shown by President Thabo Mbeki towards dictator Robert Mugabe. We're ashamed of our leaders. Fellow Africans in Zimbabwe have been denied their right to democracy, and to everything that goes with it, and I don't see why there shouldn't be an arms embargo, and sanctions against Zimbabwean ZANU-PF leaders.
What sort of "dialogue" can there be with a dictator who has stated he will never step down if the opposition party is democratically elected, and continues to arrange and facilitate the death an oppression of other political parties and ordinary citizens?
SA welcomes UN sanction vote
12/07/2008 09:47 - (SA)
Johannesburg - South Africa welcomed the decision of the United Nations Security Council not to impose sanctions against Zimbabwe, foreign affairs said on Saturday.
Spokesperson Ronnie Mamoepa said SA voted against the draft resolution on Friday, in accordance with the African Union Summit of head of states and government decision to "encourage President Robert Mugabe and the leader of the MDC to honour their commitment to initiate dialogue with view to promote peace, stability, democracy and reconciliation of the Zimbabwean people".
He said South Africa was facilitating talks between Zanu-PF, the MDC of Morgan Tsvangarai and MDC of Arthur Mutambara, in Pretoria.
"It is our considered view that imposing sanctions would indeed have impacted negatively on the current process among the Zimbabwean political parties. In addition both SADC and AU have not called for sanctions," he said.
The AU summit in Egypt had appealed to states and all parties concern to refrain from any action that could negatively impact on the climate for dialogue.
The UN Security Council wanted to impose sanction against Zimbabwe including a travel ban and asset freeze on President Robert Mugabe and other individuals.
Russia and China vetoed proposed sanctions on Zimbabwe's leaders, rejecting US efforts to step up punitive measures against President Robert Mugabe's authoritarian regime after a widely discredited presidential election.
Mamoepa said the role of the international community at this juncture should be to encourage the Zimbabwean political parties to deepen and consolidate the current dialogue process, as facilitated by SADC.
Source: News24