Mugabe regime branded 'very rotten' by British minister

Mugabe regime branded 'very rotten' by British minister

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By Trevor Mason

PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe was on Tuesday branded “very rotten,” by a British government minister in the House of Commons.

Junior Foreign Office Minister Chris Mullin warned that for the immediate future the prospects of bringing about democratic change in the country were “not good”.

He was responding at question time to senior Tory Sir Patrick Cormack (S Staffordshire) who asked: “What hope can you offer the people of Zimbabwe.”

Mr Mullin replied: “The people of Zimbabwe are regrettably at the mercy at the moment of a very rotten Government.

“We’ve played a leading part in the EU and the UN in bringing international pressures, such as can be brought, on this Government.

“But it is true that for the immediate future the prospects in Zimbabwe are not good.

“We have hopes that in the longer term future there will be a return to democratic rule and the rule of law in Zimbabwe and we will continue to do everything in our power to achieve that.”
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