The Government of Sao Tome and Principe hopes to reverse the situation in the country, which it considers is going through a moment of “economic and political decline.” Patrice Trovoada points out mistakes to past executives.
The Prime Minister of Sao Tome stated in the debate on the state of the nation that the country is experiencing “an economic, political and value decline, the result of” wrong political choices “by the previous government, and that he is determined to “invert the situation”.
“Since our exercise, everyone realized that the country is doing badly. From this exercise, the current seriousness of the country’s financial situation was perceived, but I also hope that people perceive the determination of the government, because we were chosen to bring about a solution and, despite the difficulties, which are not few, we are determined to continue working” and “we are sure that we will be able to reverse the situation”, said Patrice Trovoada, at the end of the debate.
The head of government asked “that people be aware of the situation” and that they have “minimum sense of responsibility”, noting that he was four times president of the Government of Sao Tome and Principe, but “the situation was increasingly complicated”. and “the country was more degraded”.
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But this time, he pointed out, after the government of former Prime Minister Jorge Bom Jesus (MLSTP/PSD), between 2018 and 2022, the country “hit rock bottom”.
“The financial debacle of the state, naturally, has a face, its origins have multiple causes, including wrong political choices by the government of Senhor Bom Jesus and the consequences will last for a long time, causing delays in the development process of the country and impose sacrifices of various kinds on the people, particularly the youth, children and the most vulnerable layer of our community”, said Patrice Trovoada.
The Prime Minister has said that “all those who look at the figures and are concerned about the sustainability of the country’s economic and financial reality agree that the country is experiencing an economic and political decline, but also values.”
“Unfortunately, we have to rebuild the country on these rubble, and we cannot speak here of continuity, but of a new beginning, deconstructing a ruinous system that absorbs each and every one of the resources without ever producing wealth or of any other kind. of income that allows maintaining economic activity is on the way, ”he added.
During the speech, the prime minister described problems in various institutions in the country, accusing the former prime minister and officials of public companies of acts of mismanagement and others for which the government will request a judicial investigation.
“Corruption, indiscipline, disorganization, incompetence, selfishness, persecution, impunity and lack of state authority have taken over the State and our public administration,” he denounced.
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Patrice Trovoada considered that “a feeling of injustice and lack of equal treatment that deeply fragments and undermines” society “and compromises the development and future of the Nation” prevails in the country.
“The damage is done. What matters now is that we become aware of the seriousness of the situation, of the ditch in which the country finds itself, the need to do everything possible to get him out of the situation he finds himself in”said Patricio Trovoada.
At the end of the debate, the head of government said he had the feeling that “Impunity has to end” and that it is necessary to go “to the bottom of the issues and those who must pay” and “those who are being unfairly accused must have their names cleared.”
For his part, Patrice Trovoada stressed that the government has to “have the courage to make reforms” and that “the country has to change.”
“We received the mandate and people expect something different from us, and we will have to do it differently. This different action will be with everyone and in any circumstance, including ADI personnel. There will be no impunity, ”she assured.
“I had no illusions with this speech. It is a continuation of the electoral campaign acts that have been carried out. He ended up confusing and mixing in this analysis the structural and conjunctural problems.“, reacted the president of the Movement for the Liberation of Sao Tome and Principe/Social Democratic Party (MLSTP/PSD, opposition), Jorge Bom Jesus.
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“He basically ended up doing an analysis of the problems from 1975 to today, therefore, the country’s problems to put it during the four years of the last administration,” he added.
The former prime minister considered that the population of Sao Tome “is already mature enough to perceive this type of disorientation on the part of the Government, looking for a way to hide reality.”
Source: Observadora
