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President
Mugabe's speech at the opening of the Third Session of the
Seventh
Parliament of Zimbabwe in Harare
July
13, 2010
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Madame President of the Senate,
Mr Speaker,
Sir,
Honourable Members
of Parliament, I welcome you all to this Third Session of the Seventh
Parliament
of Zimbabwe. Consonant with our people's wishes and with
help from our Sadc friends, we formed the Inclusive Government in
February last year. More than a year on, our unity and determination
as a nation has seen us come this far, even if still severely challenged
by the persistent actions of our detractors.
Madame President,
Mr Speaker Sir, Article VI of the Global
Political Agreement underscores the right and duty of Zimbabweans
as a sovereign people to make a constitution for themselves through
a people-driven process. We are now at the critical stage where
outreach teams are traversing our country, collecting the people's
views for inclusion in the new Constitution. It is, indeed, important
that the Outreach Programme ensures that we emerge with a Constitution,
which is genuinely Zimbabwean in letter and spirit.
Pursuant to
the terms of the Global Political Agreement, I am pleased to note
that significant progress has now been made in establishing the
four Independent Commissions provided for in our constitution. In
fact, the Commissions are now fully functional. As part of this
undertaking, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Bill, the Electoral
Amendment Bill and the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission Amendment Bill,
will be brought for the House's consideration during this
Session. The Referendums Amendment Act shall also be amended to
render it consistent with the other constitutional and electoral
changes.
Madame President,
Mr Speaker, Sir, Through the implementation of the Short Term Emergency
Recovery Programme (STERP), Government has succeeded in bringing
about a modicum of stability to the economy after a decade of decline
caused by the illegal and hateful sanctions imposed by Britain and
its allies. Notable strides in improving economic performance include
the revival of capacity utilisation in our industries; containment
of incessant price increases for goods and services; improvement
in service delivery in health and education; rehabilitation of basic
infrastructure such as roads, water and sanitation facilities, as
well as the normalisation of relations with key international financial
institutions.
With regard
to capacity utilisation, industries whose work rate had declined
to below 10 percent rose to around 45 percent, taking advantage
of the new investment opportunities and the prevailing stable macro-economic
environment. As a result, the economy grew by 5,7 percent last year,
benefiting from a 14,9 percent growth in agriculture, 8,5 percent
growth in mining, 10,2 percent in manufacturing, and 6,5 percent
in tourism.
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