THE US ambassador to Zimbabwe Pamela Tremont has expressed commitment to the country’s growth and prosperity, emphasising that an inclusive future built on respect for rule of law is essential for the country’s advancement.
The call comes at a time when Zimbabwe has been flagged for human rights abuses, alleged abductions and imprisonment of activists in the run up to the Sadc summit hosted in Mt Hampden last month.
Speaking during her country’s 248th Independence Day celebrations last week, Tremont said respect for constitutional rights would help in the country’s advancement.
“Prosperity is what I want, what the United States wants for Zimbabwe’s future. An inclusive prosperity that comes from the unbiased application of the rule of law and respect for constitutional rights,” Tremont said.
“The strength of her people, the richness of her soil and the beauty of her landscape are unique, Zimbabwe’s potential is limitless. So today we renew the pledge of our lives, our fortunes and honour for our hard-fought freedoms and we commit to US-Zimbabwe relationship based on our founding ideals and rooted in the optimism that our best days lie ahead.”
She, however, expressed concern over human rights abuses in Zimbabwe but was hopeful that the country would “uphold the human rights provisions” enshrined in the Constitution.
“As we look to the future, let me close by drawing from the last line of our declaration of independence: ‘We pledge our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honour’. That pledge was a commitment to the idea, a social construct really, that no one person’s interests superseded the interests of the nation.”
Tremont assumed her duties in July. Zimbabwe is on a drive to normalise relations under the banner “friend to all and enemy to none” in an ambitious drive to lure foreign direct investments.
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