{"id":8087,"date":"2012-02-18T02:11:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T00:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/02\/update-1-zimbabwe-ruling-party-condemns-eu-sanction-extension\/"},"modified":"2012-02-18T02:11:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T00:11:03","slug":"update-1-zimbabwe-ruling-party-condemns-eu-sanction-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/update-1-zimbabwe-ruling-party-condemns-eu-sanction-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE 1-Zimbabwe ruling party condemns EU sanction extension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* EU keeps arms, aid embargoes in place<span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* Likely to remove a third of people from sanctions list<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>* ZANU-PF says EU should scrap &#8220;illegal&#8221; sanctions<\/p>\n<p> (Adds EU decision)<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>By Cris Chinaka<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>HARARE, Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Zimbabwean President Robert<br \/>\nMugabe&#8217;s ZANU-PF party on Friday criticised the European Union&#8217;s<br \/>\ndecision to maintain sanctions against the country&#8217;s leadership<br \/>\nand accused it of trying to topple its veteran leader.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The EU&#8217;s 27 member states extended an arms embargo and a<br \/>\nfreeze on development aid to Zimbabwe on Friday for another six<br \/>\nmonths, saying they wanted deep political reforms and prospects<br \/>\nfor credible and peaceful elections before lifting them.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>They did, however, remove a third of the people from the<br \/>\nlist of those affected by asset freezes and visa bans and lifted<br \/>\na prohibition on European companies doing business with 20<br \/>\nZimbabwean entities.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>ZANU-PF chief party spokesman Rugare Gumbo said the EU<br \/>\nshould scrap all sanctions, calling them &#8220;illegal&#8221; and blaming<br \/>\nthem for damaging Zimbabwe&#8217;s economy.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The whole sanctions regime is illegal and racist, and we<br \/>\nare not going to celebrate decisions meant to patronise us while<br \/>\nthey act as lords over our political affairs,&#8221; he told Reuters.<br \/>\n\u00a0 <span class=\"label\"><strong>Continued&#8230;<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* EU keeps arms, aid embargoes in place * Likely to remove a third of people from sanctions list * ZANU-PF says EU should scrap &#8220;illegal&#8221; sanctions (Adds EU decision) By Cris Chinaka HARARE, Feb 17 (Reuters) &#8211; Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe&#8217;s ZANU-PF party on Friday criticised the European Union&#8217;s decision to maintain sanctions against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[830,2370,183],"class_list":{"0":"post-8087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-south-africa","7":"tag-news","8":"tag-reuters","9":"tag-south-africa-2","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8087\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}