WE SHOULD BRACE OURSELVES FOR HARD TIMES!
MEDIA STATEMENT..!
As a Country, we must be getting ready for more economic hardships in the very near future!
Just a short while ago, Russia has announced it’s indefinite intention to impose the ban on exportation of diesel and gasoline to all the Countries with the exception of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Immediately that is effected, it will automatically lead to scarcity of fuel worldwide and the same would result in the significant rise of the commodity.
WHY RUSSIA HAS DECIDED TO PUT A BAN ON EXPORTATION OF FUEL.
The adage goes to say, ‘When the elephants are fighting, it’s the grass that suffers’. The ban on the exportation of fuel is a way in which Russia is venting it’s anger on the United States of America and Europe due to the stance taken by these super powers in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine. Russia is being agitated by the United States of America and Europe both nations which have taken sides in the conflicts taking place.
Ukraine as a Country can not be a match to Russia in terms of military equipments and soldiers involved in fighting the war. It is a well known fact that the war between Russia and Ukraine is actually a war between the West and the East. Inadvently, Russia is being fought by the United States of America, Europe and their allies.
Consequently President Vladimir Putin is reacting this way by imposing sanctions and bans on the exportation of diesel and gasoline in order to punish the beneficiaries who are taking sides in the fight. Indirectly, we are being affected as a Country for failure to maintaining our neutrality. Zambia as a Country has always maintained a non – aligned position between the West and the East.
BE REALISTIC IN YOUR EXPECTATIONS.
Both the Government of the Republic of Zambia and its people must be realistic and should be ready to face the hardships that are coming forth. While the general public is already crying foul due to the skyrocketing of essential commodities among them increase in fuel prices, meal meal, transportation costs, high costs of doing business, increase of cooking oil and other goods, the situation is likely to worsen.
We wish to challenge the Government to be genuine, real and truthful. There is a need communicating the truth with the general public. Rather than sounding rhetorical and giving people false hopes, the general public deserve to be told the truth. We are getting deeper in the economic quagmire and conditions are likely to worsen. There is literally no miracle the Government can perform in order to reverse these adverse conditions coming especially that the UPND Government has refused restoring the subsidies on fuel, meal meal and other essential commodities.
Rather than taking advantage of these negative side effects, the opposition political parties and all those opposed to the Central Government must avoid using the situation for their political mileage. As a Country we desperately need a consensus. We should not blame everything on the Central Government. We all need to come together and chart the way forward for the development of our Country.
We must also come to terms with the conditions described in the bible as ‘last days’ cited in the book of second Timothy chapter 3 verses 1 to 5. The holy book speak about critical times where conditions would become unbearable. There is nothing human Governments can do to reverse the trend. Only God’s Kingdom is suitable to restore the situation.
MPNVP – WE BELIEVE IN PATRIOTISM.