The EU is under great pressure from the Belgian government to end the restrictions in the trade of Zimbabwe’s Marange diamonds; knowing fully well these are bloody diamonds.
"Global Witness' investigations point to a serious risk that diamond revenues could be used to fund violence in this year's election. The Belgian government is claiming concern for the Zimbabwean people; however its true interests are closer to home in the diamond markets of Antwerp," said Global Witness diamonds campaigner, Emily Armistead. "EU members seeking to promote democracy and stability in Zimbabwe should avoid a ménage-à-trois with Belgium and its diamond dealers this Valentine's day."
This is raising the stakes for every thinking Zimbabwean out there. We really need to sort out our political problems now, not in five years’ time, not next year, but this March 2013 in the referendum. Zimbabweans need to sort out our political problems and end this chaos. We need to have the GPA reforms implemented now by voting no in the upcoming referendum.
If people vote yes in the referendum then Mugabe and Zanu PF use violence and go on and “win” the elections. The outside world will throw in the towel and want the relationship with Zimbabwe normalized; the Belgians are not the first one or are they the last to want this.
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@ Shumbar
You may well be right there, the Lancaster House Constitution (LHC) is in such a mess that it is not really difficult to have something better. But what you have completely failed to grasp here is that we didnot set out to write a constitution better than the LHC with all its 19 amendments - amendments which it worse and not better. We set out to write a DEMOCRATIC constitution, not just any constitution but specifically a DEMOCRATIC one.
This Copac rubbish may be better than the LHC but is it a DEMOCRATIC constitution?
Let us forget all the nonsense you have been told just answer me this: Will this Copac rubbish deliver and guarantee free and fair elections - freed from the usual political violence, with a free media, etc.?
We both know the answer to that is no. If this Copac constitution can not deliver this basic right then how can it be anything else other than rubbish.
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