The European Union yesterday
suspended illegal sanctions on eight officials - among them service chiefs,
politicians and war veterans - but kept President Mugabe and the First Lady
Amai Grace Mugabe on the embargoed list. This comes as a visiting EU
parliamentary delegation yesterday said it felt embarrassed to be part of the
bloc that imposed illegal sanctions on a sovereign nation.
Zimbabwe's head of delegation to
the African-Caribbean-Pacific and EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Cde
Makhosini Hlongwane, also described any claims by the EU that it was lifting
travel bans as deceptive because what the country needed was an end to economic
sanctions. The five-member EU delegation was in Zimbabwe on a fact-finding
mission on the impact of sanctions.
Led by European People's Party
vice president Dr Mario David of Portugal, they met senior Government
officials, business leaders, farmers and health officials. Other legislators
were from Italy, Romania and Spain. As the delegation wound up its mission, the
28-nation EU announced it was removing travel bans on all individuals except
the First Family.
Those removed from the travel ban
list are Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander General Constantine Chiwenga, Army
Commander Lieutenant-Gen Phillip Valerio Sibanda, Air Force Commander Air
Marshal Perrance Shiri, intelligence supremo Brigadier-Gen (Retired) Happyton
Bonyongwe, police boss Commissioner-Gen Augustine Chihuri, Zimbabwe Prisons
boss Major-Gen Paradzai Zimondi, Minister of State for Presidential Affairs Cde
Didymus Mutasa, and war veterans leader Cde Jabulani Sibanda.
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