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Africa-Press – Eswatini. <\/strong><\/span>Government Spokesperson Alpheous Nxumalo has put his weight behind Minister of Finance Senator Neal Rijkenberg amid criticism from some sectors of society.<\/b><\/p>\n

Nxumalo said government was well aware of the deliberate distortion of the submissions on the effective and productive use of Eswatini National Land (ENL) with a view to improve the economy of the country by the minister before Their Majesties alongside other Members of Parliament (MPs) at Mandvulo Grand Hall in Lozitha.<\/p>\n

For starters, he said, the minister of finance was one of the most assertive and hard-working State ministers in the previous government.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has come back in the same portfolio to serve his second term at the pleasure and appointment of His Majesty the King.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn previous government, the minister was viewed by many within the jurisdiction of the country’s political adversaries as a stumbling block to their agenda for regime change, which can only be fast-tracked by a failed economy, failed fiscal and by rising numbers of unemployment.<\/p>\n

The total sum of these failures would result into the Kingdom of Eswatini becoming a failed State,” he said.<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cNow, a failed state is a final stage of a successful revolution and offers an opportunity for the recreation and re-establishment of another form or type of state – which still remain the pipeline dream for revolutionary politics and the other dreamers of a different state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nxumalo added that Minister Neal, in collaboration with other State ministers, formed a solid – rock – like resistance to any form of political manoeuvres, which wanted to subvert the country into political collapse under their watch.<\/p>\n

He said hence the politics of vilification, adversarial and punitive were waged against him throughout his term of office by certain social media platforms.<\/p>\n

He pointed out that a lot of negative and antagonistic narratives were pushed through those platforms, but they all failed dismally to leave a dent in the minister’s conduct of government business in the jurisdiction of public finance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe remained focused on the task at hand. Government wishes to state categorically clear that the minister will continue with his business-minded attitude even as he serves his second term in the critical portfolio of finance. He has learned the political game of distracting his destructors – which is simply by keeping on working and delivering on your mandate,\u201d concluded Nxumalo.<\/p>\n

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