A CONSERVATIVE MP has urged the Government to remove Robert Mugabe's honorary knighthood.
Nigel Evans, MP for the Ribble Valley, said it was sending the wrong message to the rest of the world by repealling the award.
He added: "It is hugely regrettable that Robert Mugabe was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1994, but we have an opportunity now to show Mr Mugabe that the British Government does not endorse his position of power in any way.
"The House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee recommended that we take such action in 2003 and it is lamentable that we have not taken steps to remove all the privileges that the UK bestowed upon him.
"I have co-signed an EDM to this effect and I would encourage all my colleagues to do the same.
"Millions of his countrymen starve whilst inflation reaches incredible proportions.
"He clings to power and intimidates or crushes any opposition to him.
"He has become a dictator in denying the Zimbabwean people a free and fair election."
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