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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zambia<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>SOCIALIST Party general secretary and first vice-president Cosmas Musumali says that although the appointment of finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has been greeted with \u201ceuphoria\u201d by many people, it spells big business as usual and will not help eradicate Zambia\u2019s poverty. Reacting to Dr Musokotwane\u2019s appointment, Dr Musumali said the new finance minister had been received with a lot of good will.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany people have applauded President Hakainde Hichilema for an appropriate appointment. I would say that in some quarters there is even a sense of euphoria over his appointment looking back at the track record he left behind in the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) government.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo firstly we should appreciate the fact that this is one of the first appointments the new president has made. Our economy is deteriorating by the day and it needs quick action.<\/p>\n

\u201cDr Musokotwane is one of our best and most experienced economists, his appointment is therefore not surprising from what we know from the ideological orientation of the United Party for National Development (UPND), which is pro-big business, especially pro-South African, pro-American, and European multinational cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr Musumali said that although Dr Musokotwane had \u201ca bright spot\u201d for big businesses, he was not pro \u201cthe poor part of our society\u201d. \u201cYears ago we predicted that micro-economic instability coupled with poor governance would be the downfall of the Patriotic Front (PF) government, and we were spot on with that prediction. Today we are confidently able to predict the downfall of the UPND government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UPND government will, in the medium term stabilise the economy through tight monetary policy and a more prudent fiscal situation.<\/p>\n

We expect increased foreign direct investment in this country. It may even set the economy on an average of five per cent per annum, but this will not be sufficient and it will also not be different from what was achieved by the MMD government.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was stability and growth that did not take the masses of our people out of poverty. It was the growth that favoured multinational corporations. It was the growth that favoured the rich, it was the growth that distributed the wealth of this country more to the rich.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe disparities in terms of income distribution grew as a result of that policy. We are back to the growth, to the stability that severely marginalised the poor, our women and the youth.\u201d Dr Musumali said the UPND would be following the same policies.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo let\u2019s forget and ignore the rhetoric that is coming from President Hakainde Hichilema. Let\u2019s listen more to what the finance minister is saying. He is talking about mining, he is talking about big businesses and, as we know, these are industries that are no longer creating sufficient jobs for our people. They are also not decisive in eradicating poverty in Zambia. They are not contributing the revenue that this country needs to improve our wellbeing. In other words, the UPND and Dr Musokotwane are for the rich, they are for big international businesses.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe masses of our people who voted for the UPND in their millions hoping for a change will sooner or later realise they have been duped again.\u201d Dr Musumali said that in time the economy might seem to be doing well but that the Zambian poor would not benefit from it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe economy might seem to be stabilizing, but the masses of our people will have nothing in it and this is going to be the downfall of the UPND government. This appointment already shows us the direction this country will be taking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zambia. SOCIALIST Party general secretary and first vice-president Cosmas Musumali says that although the appointment of finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane has been greeted with \u201ceuphoria\u201d by many people, it spells big business as usual and will not help eradicate Zambia\u2019s poverty. 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