Support recovery plan or face paralysis, Ramaphosa tells political parties

CAPE TOWN – President Cyril Ramaphosa has given political parties a choice: join the economic recovery and reconstruction plan, or spend the next few months in a state of paralysis, ripping each other apart.

Responding to the debate on the plan, which he unveiled last week, Ramaphosa made clear that given the crisis the country was in, he needed a plan on the table.

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Ramaphosa admitted that while many aspects of the plan were not new, a more careful reading would show a new determination and determination to implement the necessary changes.

The plan focuses on the creation of public employment, a massive boost to infrastructure and the industrialization of the economy through local production. But the opposition parties have whipped it like old wine in a new bottle.

The president laid out the options: “As political parties, we can come together to see this plan come to fruition, or we can spend the next few months in a state of paralysis as we choose this plan – (and) tear each other apart as well.” apart.

“I think that’s not what our people want us to do as elected leaders of the nation.

“They want to see us working together, with suggestions and proposals that address the challenges they face. That is the only thing our people are interested in.”

Recognizing the government’s tendency to produce good plans but then fail to implement them, Ramaphosa said there was a new determination and determination to move forward.

“Our main concern, therefore, is to make sure that this plan works, not to cement the legacy of an administration, nor to serve the interests of one political party or another. It must work for the people.
South Africa.”

He called on political leaders to unite behind a common vision for the recovery of the country’s economy.

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