EU ask Mugabe to turn words on indigenisation into action - still it would be as futile as the baboon declaring himself king of the mountain!

“The EU has noted with great interest the declarations by President Mugabe and minister Chinamasa about the flexibility of the indigenisation policy and the fact that it will not be applied with a one-size-fits-all approach. I think that is good news for any investor, not just European ones.” EU head of delegation to Zimbabwe, Aldo Dell‘Ariccia told the News Day reporter.

“The declarations of intentions of the government of Zimbabwe are most welcome. Now we are waiting to see how these declarations are translated into concrete legislative acts (approved by Cabinet and gazetted) and implementing policies with rules and regulations which are accessible, transparent, verifiable and applied equally to all.” 

Of course the Ambassador is not serious in saying there is anything this illegitimate Mugabe regime can do that will restore investor confidence. The Mugabe government has signed trade agreements with SA, Netherlands and Germany, for example, in which citizens of these nations were assured their investments in Zimbabwe would be secure. The Ambassador should know that the Zimbabwe government did not lift a finger to stop Zanu PF hooligans invading farms belonging to nationals of the three countries.

Does Ambassador Aldo Dell‘Ariccia really believe any of those investors will return if Mugabe signs yet another trade agreement with SA, Netherlands, etc.?

The EU has been blowing hot and cold on its re-engagement with the Mugabe regime in that the EU jointed the US, Australia and Canada in refusing to accept the blatantly rigged July 2013 elections as legitimate. The EU then broke rank and started wooing the regime, pushed mainly by Belgium whose only real reason was to have access to Zimbabwe’s bloody diamonds from Marange and Chiadzwa.

Belgium pushed the EU so hard it got what it wanted; the EU ban in the trade of Zimbabwe’s diamonds was lifted. But true to his untrustworthy nature, Mugabe did not keep his promise with the Belgian company that had lobby for the lifting on the ban on his behalf. Instead of selling the Zimbabwe diamonds in Belgium the tyrant was selling the in the Middle East.

Even if the Mugabe regime scrapped the ill-advised indigenisation and empowerment policies and sign in blood new treaties with every nation guaranteeing the security of all new investors’ property and intellectual rights that will not restore investor confidence. Never!

What investors want to see the rule of law and legitimacy fully restored in Zimbabwe and that has to start with removing this illegitimate regime and replacing it with a legitimate one. An illegitimate regime cannot confer legitimacy on anything it does no more than a baboon, declaring himself king of the mountain, would expect the world to pay him homage.

Zimbabwe’s economic melt-down is serious and millions of Zimbabweans are suffering already and many are dying. Mugabe needs to be told in no uncertain terms that he rigged the elections but cannot rig economic recovery and therefore he must now resign so the nation can get a legitimate government, a prerequisite for economic recovery.

The EU should stop playing cat-and-mouse games with Mugabe by giving the tyrant false hopes that they can somehow help him rig economic recovery. It is the millions of Zimbabweans who are playing dearly for these games with their daily suffering and their very lives!