By KETRA KALUNGAOPPOSITION political parties must not use politics to debate the economy, politics is cheap and the economy works in principle, says Party of National Unity (PNU) president, Highvie Hamududu.Mr. Hamududu who is an economist said it was sad that the sale of Mopani to the government by Glencore was being politicised by the opposition because the government engaged various stakeholders to arrive at its decision.He said in an interview that it was dangerous for politicians to always politicise economic issues because unlike politics which are cheap, the economy was real and revolved around principles and realities among other facets.“When it comes to the economy, there are a lot of stakeholders, there are the unions, you can’t ignore them and the interest of unions were considered in this issue.“Therefore, the decision that the government makes regarding the operations of the mines is in consultation with other stakeholders,” he said.Mr. Hamududu bemoaned the fact that […]
‘Stop cheap talk’ …Don’t use cheap politics to debate economy, opposition warned
