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British MP wants to see a regime change in Zimbabwe
04 Jul 2011 at 00:45hrs | Views
Labour and a British Member of Parliament Denis MacShane who says he has been committed to regime change for much of his political life recently said he would like to see regime change in Zimbabwe.
Speaking recently in the House of Commons during the debate about humanitarian aid to Libya, MacShane, who claims to have campaigned for the collapse of apartheid rule in South Africa said he would want to see regime change in Zimbabwe and in Burma.
He is the same MP who urged Zimbabwean asylum seekers to accept Mr Tsvangirai's appeal to return home – saying there was no longer any reason for them to be able to "jump the queue", following Morgan's speech saying there was peace and stability in Zimbabwe.
He is the same MP who urged businesses to disinvest from Zimbabwe. This is not the first time he has said that, he once told the House of Commons that British Airways and Virgin Atlantic flights and taxpayer's aid to Zimbabwe should be suspended until the Mugabe regime has been replaced. He added that Tory MPs who invested in firms propping up Mugabe should be required to disinvest along similar lines that helped bring an end to the apartheid regime. MacShane singled out Robert Goodwill, the Tory MP for Scarborough and Whitby who has refused to sell his shares in a company involved with Zimbabwe on the grounds that "this is not a good time to sell shares."
MacShane said that BA amd Virgin Atlantic made stopovers in Harare and these should now be cut. He also revealed that Lufthansa and KLM flew directly to Harare and described these flight as a 'life-line for the Zimbabwe regime' which the EU should sever.
Britain is a quandary about what to do about Zimbabwe especially since the disputed 2008 elections. It tried to bring in the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe or allow military intervention but these were vetoed by China and Russia.
President Robert Mugabe's government has has always accused the British government and Western nations for its woes, especially the labour government of Tony Blair. Mugabe and his supporters have always said Tsvangirai is a foreign invention.
Speaking recently in the House of Commons during the debate about humanitarian aid to Libya, MacShane, who claims to have campaigned for the collapse of apartheid rule in South Africa said he would want to see regime change in Zimbabwe and in Burma.
He is the same MP who urged Zimbabwean asylum seekers to accept Mr Tsvangirai's appeal to return home – saying there was no longer any reason for them to be able to "jump the queue", following Morgan's speech saying there was peace and stability in Zimbabwe.
He is the same MP who urged businesses to disinvest from Zimbabwe. This is not the first time he has said that, he once told the House of Commons that British Airways and Virgin Atlantic flights and taxpayer's aid to Zimbabwe should be suspended until the Mugabe regime has been replaced. He added that Tory MPs who invested in firms propping up Mugabe should be required to disinvest along similar lines that helped bring an end to the apartheid regime. MacShane singled out Robert Goodwill, the Tory MP for Scarborough and Whitby who has refused to sell his shares in a company involved with Zimbabwe on the grounds that "this is not a good time to sell shares."
MacShane said that BA amd Virgin Atlantic made stopovers in Harare and these should now be cut. He also revealed that Lufthansa and KLM flew directly to Harare and described these flight as a 'life-line for the Zimbabwe regime' which the EU should sever.
Britain is a quandary about what to do about Zimbabwe especially since the disputed 2008 elections. It tried to bring in the United Nations Security Council to pass a resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe or allow military intervention but these were vetoed by China and Russia.
President Robert Mugabe's government has has always accused the British government and Western nations for its woes, especially the labour government of Tony Blair. Mugabe and his supporters have always said Tsvangirai is a foreign invention.
Source - Byo24News
