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Tit for tat as Mugabe seize EU companies
28 Feb 2011 at 06:26hrs | Views
President Robert Mugabe on Saturday ordered Youth Indigenization and Empowerment Minister Seviour Kasukuwere to forthwith seize European Union companies doing business in Zimbabwe.
Official figures put the number of white and foreign-owned companies still operating in the country at around 500.
"The inventory will tell us which companies are Americans, Dutch and Europeans serve those owned by Germany because of late it has indicated that it was now against the continued imposition of sanctions on us. Minister Kasukuwere will work on a program which will also affect these companies here.
"We do not talk what we do not do, but we always walk our talk. I am also glad that the party decided that on Wednesday when we launch our anti-sanctions campaign we will be discussing again condemning these sanctions,"President Robert Mugabe told his supporters attending his 87th birthday celebrations in Harare on Saturday.
Early this month the EU extended sanctions on senior ZANU(PF) members for another twelve months while removing 35 passive ZANU(PF) members' spouses and the deceased from the economic embargo list.
The sanctions were imposed in 2002 in response to allegations of human rights violations and the rigging of the presidential election that year.
Mugabe also said his party was no longer interested in the inclusive government adding that elections should be held early so that the country has a one party government.
"There has to be a good excuse not to have elections this year. The position of our party is we want to get to elections as soon as possible," Mugabe told thousands of people at rally to celebrate his 87th birthday in Harare on Saturday.
"If the others are there to drag the process, we will get out of the process. This year we must have a draft constitution, then a referendum and after the referendum, we must have elections."
The country is expected to hold elections after the completion of the writing of a new constitution which has faced disturbances since its beginning two years ago.
Official figures put the number of white and foreign-owned companies still operating in the country at around 500.
"The inventory will tell us which companies are Americans, Dutch and Europeans serve those owned by Germany because of late it has indicated that it was now against the continued imposition of sanctions on us. Minister Kasukuwere will work on a program which will also affect these companies here.
"We do not talk what we do not do, but we always walk our talk. I am also glad that the party decided that on Wednesday when we launch our anti-sanctions campaign we will be discussing again condemning these sanctions,"President Robert Mugabe told his supporters attending his 87th birthday celebrations in Harare on Saturday.
Early this month the EU extended sanctions on senior ZANU(PF) members for another twelve months while removing 35 passive ZANU(PF) members' spouses and the deceased from the economic embargo list.
The sanctions were imposed in 2002 in response to allegations of human rights violations and the rigging of the presidential election that year.
Mugabe also said his party was no longer interested in the inclusive government adding that elections should be held early so that the country has a one party government.
"There has to be a good excuse not to have elections this year. The position of our party is we want to get to elections as soon as possible," Mugabe told thousands of people at rally to celebrate his 87th birthday in Harare on Saturday.
"If the others are there to drag the process, we will get out of the process. This year we must have a draft constitution, then a referendum and after the referendum, we must have elections."
The country is expected to hold elections after the completion of the writing of a new constitution which has faced disturbances since its beginning two years ago.
Source - Byo24News
