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Mnangagwa pleads for sanctions removal
10 Mar 2019 at 13:43hrs | Views
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has pleaded with the United States of America (USA) to remove sanctions arguing that they were not what the country fought for during the liberation struggle.
He was speaking at the burial of the late army brigadier-general Emilio Munemo who died on Sunday from a short illness and was declared a national hero. Munemo is revered as one of the founders of the Chitepo School of Ideology.
Mnangagwa's sanctions plea comes as the USA extended sanctions on the country last week for another year.
"I am aware that as I make this exhortation, the American government has renewed sanctions against us. We call for the unconditional removal of the illegal, spiteful and completely unjustified sanctions on our country which continue to violate the basic human rights of our people.
"We fought for peace, we believe in peace and we do not pose any type of threat to any country in the world," Mnangagwa said.
Mnangagwa and his senior government colleagues were recently given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), which last month decided against hitting the country's under-pressure ‘‘new dispensation'' with fresh sanctions.
This comes as Trump had last year raised hopes that his government could finally end nearly two decades of frosty relations between the USA and Zimbabwe — after he sent a powerful delegation to Harare to engage with Mnangagwa, ahead of the country's historic elections.
Meanwhile, the president described the late Munemo as a reservoir of knowledge on the ethos and ideology of the liberation struggle.
"…Munemo was a mobiliser and reservoir of knowledge on the ethos, history, norms and values of the liberation struggle. The late national hero served the country with loyalty and distinction," he said.
The President challenged researchers to take a leaf from Munemo to be catalysts in instilling a new and patriotic mind-set in learners. "I challenge educators in the country to draw lessons from Cde Munemo and to inculcate a new mindset in our learners, a mind-set that is patriotic," the President said.
He was speaking at the burial of the late army brigadier-general Emilio Munemo who died on Sunday from a short illness and was declared a national hero. Munemo is revered as one of the founders of the Chitepo School of Ideology.
Mnangagwa's sanctions plea comes as the USA extended sanctions on the country last week for another year.
"I am aware that as I make this exhortation, the American government has renewed sanctions against us. We call for the unconditional removal of the illegal, spiteful and completely unjustified sanctions on our country which continue to violate the basic human rights of our people.
"We fought for peace, we believe in peace and we do not pose any type of threat to any country in the world," Mnangagwa said.
Mnangagwa and his senior government colleagues were recently given a stay of execution by the European Union (EU), which last month decided against hitting the country's under-pressure ‘‘new dispensation'' with fresh sanctions.
This comes as Trump had last year raised hopes that his government could finally end nearly two decades of frosty relations between the USA and Zimbabwe — after he sent a powerful delegation to Harare to engage with Mnangagwa, ahead of the country's historic elections.
Meanwhile, the president described the late Munemo as a reservoir of knowledge on the ethos and ideology of the liberation struggle.
"…Munemo was a mobiliser and reservoir of knowledge on the ethos, history, norms and values of the liberation struggle. The late national hero served the country with loyalty and distinction," he said.
The President challenged researchers to take a leaf from Munemo to be catalysts in instilling a new and patriotic mind-set in learners. "I challenge educators in the country to draw lessons from Cde Munemo and to inculcate a new mindset in our learners, a mind-set that is patriotic," the President said.
Source - dailynews
