MPs dismiss fact finding mission to assess Zimbabwe’s election mess
BY GEORGE KAGAME
Johannesburg
Representatives to the 10th session of the Pan African Parliament have dismissed a motion seeking to send a fact finding mission to Zimbabwe to sort out the mess that has persisted in that country since the March 2008 presidential elections.
The motion proposed by Njingum Musa (Cameron) sought to get up “to date briefing on the situation so as to recommend on how to expedite the finding of a peaceful solution to the stand off.”
Suzan Vos, (South Africa) said that the PAP had earlier compiled a report through the African Union and the Zimbabwean matter was being handled at the Heads of State level and so by tabling another motion, the PAP would preempt the steps of the Heads of State.
Vos was supported by the majority of the house members; many agreed that it was hypocritical that the PAP was very concerned by the election violence in Zimbabwe while other parts of the continent were undergoing worse political violence situations. They noted the crisis in Eastern Congo and Somalia as among conflicts in the continent that needed urgent missions, they noted that the MPs were interested in Zimbabwe because of its wealth and the attention it has got from western powers.
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