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Thabo criticises Howard's role in Zimbabwe decision
South African President Thabo Mbeki has accused Prime Minister John Howard of riding roughshod over the Commonwealth committee which examined Zimbabwe's inclusion in the group. Mr Mbeki has accused the Commonwealth of not working to resolve Zimbabwe's problems.
| Bob is Zim's problem. He's not working to solve it... |
In his weekly letter to the ruling African National Congress, Mr Mbeki says some members of the Commonwealth were more set on extending sanctions against Zimbabwe than on sorting out the political and economic crisis in the country.
| He's talking about those problems Bob would be taking care of, if he wasn't the root of them... |
The Commonwealth asked the troika of Australia, Nigeria and South Africa to examine the Zimbabwe situation at its summit last weekend. The summit in Nigeria decided to indefinitely extend Zimbabwe's suspension. Zimbabwe responded by withdrawing from the 54-nation group. Mr Mbeki says the question of land redistribution in Zimbabwe was never discussed. Mr Mbeki accused Britain, the United Nations and the European Union of failing to honour commitments to help finance the redistribution of farms in Zimbabwe. Mr Mbeki made no mention of Mr Mugabe's human rights record in the letter on the ANC website.
| Bob has a human rights record? |
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-12-13 |
