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Why can't Mugabe and Tsvangirai open their eyes
02 Feb 2011 at 20:51hrs | Views
Zimbabwe should stop "crying" about sanctions and focus on socio-economic recovery as an immediate priority, African Union Commission officials in Addis Ababa said recently.
Officials in the Political Affairs departments on Human Rights and Elections and those on Peace and Security said Zimbabwe should learn from China and India, which charted their own economic development paths by focusing on national priorities, such as investment in basic sectors and the development of science and technology.
"They (Zimbabwean government) do not need to cry about Western sanctions. By crying over those sanctions, the West is getting more and more convinced that its sanctions are biting deeper into the pockets of Zimbabwean politicians," said one official urging President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai not to lose sight of what was involved.
"Surely, why can't Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai open their eyes and minds to see and learn from the Chinese and Indian ways of making Western sanctions redundant?"
Officials in the Political Affairs departments on Human Rights and Elections and those on Peace and Security said Zimbabwe should learn from China and India, which charted their own economic development paths by focusing on national priorities, such as investment in basic sectors and the development of science and technology.
"They (Zimbabwean government) do not need to cry about Western sanctions. By crying over those sanctions, the West is getting more and more convinced that its sanctions are biting deeper into the pockets of Zimbabwean politicians," said one official urging President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai not to lose sight of what was involved.
"Surely, why can't Mr Mugabe and Mr Tsvangirai open their eyes and minds to see and learn from the Chinese and Indian ways of making Western sanctions redundant?"
Source - Byo24NEWS
