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Opposition parties have been scathing about the economic recovery and reconstruction plan, describing it as a repeat of old promises.
President Cyril Ramaphosa will present the country’s economic recovery plan in Parliament on October 15, 2020. Image: @ PresidencyZA / Twitter
CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday urged political leaders to support the economic recovery and reconstruction plan, saying he welcomes a robust debate, but not grandstanding or name calling.
Responding to the debate over the plan he unveiled last week, Ramaphosa told the National Assembly that political parties could decide to come together and see the plan come to fruition, or spend months in a state of paralysis tearing it apart, and in between. them, in pieces.
Opposition parties have been scathing about the plan, describing it as a repeat of old promises.
But Ramaphosa is pushing for broad support for the plan, which is intended to lift the economy off its knees.
The plan describes immediate actions to rebuild the economy, create jobs, and implement a massive infrastructure program, as well as other reforms; and Ramaphosa says it is urgent.
“Because this plan is a response to a severe economic downturn unlike any we have experienced in recent memory, and this is where we have been calling all South Africans… this is not the time to resist. It is time to close ranks, as South Africans, and work together to achieve a common purpose ”.
He said that attention should be paid to the words of IFP founder Mangosuthu Buthelezi:
“When he says that as a country at war, we must put aside political agendas to rebuild our country, regardless of where we are on the other side of the political divide, we must find the political courage to unite behind this common vision of our recovery. “.
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