Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

The consequences of Britain's decision to walk away from its commitments under the Lancaster House Agreement, which are rarely highlighted, should be mentioned during the Lisbon Summit. Is the Minister of State disappointed that the leaders of the South African Government, which we all support, have stayed unacceptably silent for so long about the human rights breaches in Zimbabwe? Given that more that 75% of electoral abuses tend to take place during the registration process, would the Government be in favour of establishing an early process of observation of the Zimbabwean elections?

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