Mr. Speaker, all too often we see a wait and see approach from the government. Unfortunately we cannot tell that to the 20,000 people murdered in Matabeleland and in Congo in recent years. Over 20,000 have been murdered by this regime.
Over the weekend, the Prince of Wales said “if the Commonwealth could not stand up for liberal democracy and human rights, it deserved to be treated with international contempt”.
Why did the government choose to ignore human rights violations in Zimbabwe and further undermine the credibility of the Commonwealth process?