By Sean Tembo
1. As Patriots for Economic Progress (PeP), we have decided to develop an Alternative Economic Recovery Plan (AERP) for Zambia which will be presented to the nation on Thursday, 21st January 2021. This follows the inadequate Economic Recovery Plan that was presented to the nation by President Edgar Lungu on 17th December 2020.
2. There is no question that our country’s economy is on a downward spiral. There is also no question that we need to turnaround our nation’s economic fortunes in order to protect livelihoods. There is also no question that the Economic Recovery Plan that was presented by President Edgar Lungu on 17th December 2020 is shallow and empty and incapable of actual implementation. The President’s ERP lacked specific objectives that it sought to achieve and it also lacked specific interventions that need to be implemented to achieve specific economic objectives. Therefore, President Lungu’s ERP does not even qualify to be called a Plan, in the strictest sense of the word “Plan”. At the barest minimum, a Plan must have specific objectives and specific interventions, something which President Lungu’s ERP lacked.
3. As Patriots for Economic Progress, we are aware of the fact that the primary reason why the President and his Government are incapable of developing, presenting and implementing sound economic plans for this country is that the President has decided to surround himself with incompetent Ministers and Advisors at the expense of able, capable and competent Zambians. This is because the President feels more at home in the company of praise-singers than independent-minded and capable economic managers. This handicap which the President suffers from is incurable and is the primary source of this country’s economic malaise.
4. As Patriots for Economic Progress, we have always taken our responsibilities as an opposition political party very seriously. On one hand, we have never been shy to hold the Government of the day accountable in the manner that it utilizes public resources, and on the other hand, we have consistently and continuously provided alternative solutions to various problems that have faced this nation at one point or the other.
5. As Patriots for Economic Progress, we remain the only opposition political party that consistently developed and presented Alternative National Budgets for the fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and most recently 2021. We are also the only opposition political party that developed and presented an Alternative 7th National Development Plan for Zambia. It therefore gives us great pride to develop and present the Alternative Economic Recovery Plan which will assist in turning around our ailing economy, if properly implemented by Government. Should the Zambian people give us the mandate to manage the affairs of this nation on 12th August this year, our Alternative Economic Recovery Plan will form the blueprint for turning around our faltering economy by a Sean Tembo Presidency.
6. As Patriots for Economic Progress, we believe that it is a misnomer for any political party to refer to themselves as an Alternative Government when they are incapable of producing any documented alternative solutions to existing national problems. A political party can only claim to be an Alternative Government if they are capable of producing documented alternative solutions to national problems. The Zambian people must remember that the main reason why we are in this economic malaise today is because in 2011, we ushered into office a political party that sold us rhetoric and lacked any evidence of producing alternative solutions to national problems. Any political party that is incapable of developing alternative solutions to national problems today will be incapable of developing solutions to national problems after 12th August 2021.
7. The PeP Alternative Economic Recovery Plan will be presented to the nation at Palm Valley Resort in Lusaka on 21st January 2021 starting at 09hrs. The Alternative Economic Recovery Plan will outline specific objectives that will be pursued, specific interventions, a specific timeframe for each objective as well as specific milestones and measures to determine the extent of attainment of each targeted economic objective. The event will be open to members of the public who may wish to attend. Together, let us build the Zambia that we deserve.
God will see Zambians out of this mess this year. Let PF complete the works of destruction up to August 11 and on 12th August, we shall do all what it is required to chase them out of governance
Who can vote for this guys??
Luba Quombe ?s
Hi Sean, thanks for the alternatives, that is good, that is what opposition should be doing. However, can we first sort out the issue of our two citizens who were killed by Police that other week, remember the killers would like this issue to die down quickly, lets keep it alive please
Birds of the same feather. Edgar has surrounded himself with his kind. Have you ever heard that Edgar is in such a town and he’s met members of the Chamber of Commerce? Bus loads of thugs go to parte at the Presidential Lodge whenever he’s in town the whole night. Bad habits die hard. He’s a patron of Klub Mulamu and Komesa in Kabwata
Why are people so apologetic for this president?The article appears to suggest that it is the people that surround him that are incompetent. The fact is it is the president himself who is incompetent for how else can he appoint incompetent people if he was competent himself. Isn’t making appointments a job in itself which he has failed
Ever heard of birds of the same feather?
First things first, where’s Palm Valley Resort? It doesn’t even hv instant name-recognition because it’s probably a new place. So how do people find it? It could be in my neighbourhood but I don’t know where it is. Secondly, Sean Tembo needs to tone down on calling other people incompetent. Tembo doesn’t hv access to information about the actual advice rendered to Edgar Lungu and wht Lungu decided to do. I want to meet Tembo one day and put my thoughts to him straight.
Bwana Lungu has had all economic indicators going downwards during his entire tenure.This fish named Zambia rots from the head.
Heeheeheehee!
Ibange bamwisho!
What benefit is an alternative plan if it can be implemented or reviewed? Sounds like a pvt which gets it all wrong.
Puff on Sean! Puffing on lye!
That being the case, then it follows that Zambia has impotent and incompetent opposition parties and their leadership.
Otherwise, you’re just blabbing as usual. Politics of name calling.
Iwe ***, Ministers are chose from MPs and MPs are chosen by the people.
How dare you *** SEAN insult the Zambian people? Who the hell do you think you are.
How can a one man party effect a credible plan better than Cabinet?
You have gone bonkers. Indeed, who have been smoking with Sean?
The ka worst president on earth is also incompetent, the chap is plain dull, I mean 0 IQ, same goes for his to ma ministers, dull as they come …. these chaps are all m0rons and id1ots in this ka party of Foooools and w@nkers
At least Kampyongo and his thugs know where to pick you up from. Looking forward to seeing this.
Tetiwishibe Sean fintu alanda! Nitolotolo!
This guy is the worst! I regret knowing his name and everything about him.
Maybe ba Tembo has not taken enough time to read through the ERP document
We are tired of this notion that “the President is okay and its the people who surround him that are bad”. Our President is incompetent and we should never have allowed him to ascend to the highest office of the land. We are lucky we only have 8 months remaining to get rid of one of the most corrupt and useless governments Africa has ever seen.
This guy is so inconsistent! One minute he is praising PF, now he correctly says they are INCOMPETENT.
This is not how you search for a new job in government. Just submit an application iwe
“The PeP Alternative Economic Recovery Plan will be presented to the nation at Palm Valley Resort..”
The date and time is also provided, we await the police to either cancel this event, cadres to disrupt it or indeed see if the guy with a 6 month contract will be impartial.
Also interesting to note how Sean is always taking a stab at HH in whatever he writes.
And as people above have said, we need to bluntly state that Lungu is a failure, no need to find excuses for him.
The best would be to use the plan presented by the president. I believe it to be a very good document
A man who changes principals depending on who and what he dealing with, that is not a man to lead a nation.
Mwamoneni.
Is it competence to take action and fire Bonny Kapeso , Eugene Sibote and Nelson Phiri before a full report is presented on how Joseph Kaunda and Nsama Nsama were killed? Is it competence to pretend not to know who killed the two whn the only guns that were fired were police guns? Is it competence to pretend to be waiting for a full report whn the truth is already known?
This is crazy guy who tries to be relevant.
All know that when one with wise people around him he becomes wise but if he surrounds himself with fools he will become a fool
Tembo speaks like Radio Phoenix, who say a child was based by a car at church and died and says the child suffered fatal head injuries, once you have said somebody has died, you don’t add the word fatal again
You are right about the things you have mentioned against the PF but unfortunately you are not an alternative because we have seen you not to be consistent with your statements ever since you got hammered by PF cadres in the head. They must have damaged part of your frontal lobe because sometimes you talk sense and at other times its all nonsense.