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Zimbabwe's Compliance with the Adopted
SADC Charter on Free and Fair Elections
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR ORAL REPLY
QUESTION NO 78
QUESTION TIME: 08 SEPTEMBER 2004
1. PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION - BY MR DHM GIBSON (DA)
Whether in the light of South Africa's Chairmanship
of the Southern African Development Community's Organ
on Politics, Defence and Security, her Department will
take any steps to ensure that Zimbabwe complies with
the adopted SADC charter on free and fair elections;
if not, why not: if so, what steps will be taken in
this regard by (a) the SADC and (b) South Africa?
REPLY:
South Africa was elected by Heads of States and Government
to chair the SADC Organ on Politics, Defence and Security
Co-operation for the next twelve months. President Mbeki's
leadership of the Organ will be exercised within the
framework of the Protocol on Politics, Defence and Security
Co-operation and the Organ Troika. His leadership will
not supersede the structures and the collective leadership
of SADC.
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