PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ASSASSINATION OF CHRIS HANI (14 April 1993)

That this House strongly condemns the assassination in South Africa of Mr Chris Hani on 10th April; expresses its grave concern at the threat which his assassination poses to the prospect of securing a negotiated political settlement which would lead to a new non-racial and democratic society in South Africa; regrets that the South African authorities ignored the ANC's requests that he should be provided with protection; supports the call by the African National Congress and human rights organisations that there should be a full independent investigation by international experts into the circumstances of his assassination and welcomes the offer of the European Community and the Commonwealth to make available observers and experts currently deployed in South Africa; and in particular calls upon Her Majesty's Government to use its influence on the South African Government so that rapid agreement can be reached at the negotiations on the basis of the proposals put forward by the ANC which include the establishment of a Transition Executive Council, joint control of the security forces and the date for South Africa's first ever one-person one-vote elections for a Constituent Assembly to draw up a new constitution.

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Robert Hughes (Conservative)