𝐀𝐩 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐤𝐲𝐚 𝐡𝐨𝐠𝐚 𝐏𝐌? 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 !

Once is forgivable, twice…that’s a bit too much !

Running a country requires consistent, predictable, and convincing governance to maintain public trust and economic stability.

When national policies or economic measures are decided on a trial and error basis repeatedly, it often creates widespread public frustration, institutional strains and chaos.

LePep gets confused and loses confidence in leadership especially when our politicians keep changing their stance on important structural reforms . 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲.𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 , 𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸-𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴. Vendredi zot tap la table kan Navin faire discours.Zordi kan li gel "means test" zot tap la table. Zot ridiculiz zot mem.

𝙕𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙣é , 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙚𝙥𝙩é 𝙯𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙖𝙣é !

𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 , 𝐰𝐞 , 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒙-𝑫𝑷𝑴 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥-𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐛𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐜𝐨𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

A full-time Minister of Finance would have engaged and consulted with representatives from all sectors, communicate with the public and explain the difficult but necessary measures. Many people were unhappy with the pension reform announced in the last budget. They commit the same blunders again. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗹𝘆 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝘂𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘁𝘆, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗼 𝗼𝗻.

This is what happens when a Govt, the ministers, senior and junior, and the part-time Minister of Finance are more interested in their usual show in National Assembly then engaging in a permanent dialogue with LePep...a LePep, used to the past ten years of cheap populism and welfarism, who is likely to be easily unsettled by rapid social change and bold retorms. Effective communication is crucial for successfully implementing reforms, not from above, not via decrees in Budget speeches, not by blindly applying the recommendations of the IMF, but "lor terrain", repeatedly engaging with "le ti pep", the trade unions, the NGOs .....not just repeatedly criticising and denouncing the old regime in the NA which are reproduced by the media to keep LePep busy with the long-running series of intrigues and frauds..

As we had suggested last time , Govt could have revived the National Economic and Social Council (NESC), an institution aiming at building a strong national consensus on the pursuit of economic and social policies for sounder and faster development. A broader NESC under a new format that includes a wider range of civil society representatives, the opinion leaders, the NGOs, relating to the environment, consumer protection, would have raised the NESC's profile and strengthen its reach to the wider population and would have been the right forum for a respectful, constructive and sustained dialogue on the pension reform and a more palatable fiscal adjustment . These discussions would have informed Govt whether to go ahead or not on some of the reform options .

When a government loses the trust of LePep, recovery requires a long, deliberate effort at restoring faith and addressing the root assumptions people make about their intentions.

I do not see this government, struggling with severe public dissatisfaction , winning back LePep unless it implements radical, measurable policy shifts.

Kot pou ena policy shifts-les Prayag, Gnany, FS enkor still en post-expect more of such policy bidons in future.

Pou enn pension reform zot pé patozé, bégaiyé autan …zot pou préfer le "status quo"…Bye bye Sanzman!

𝐍.𝐁. Someone has rightly raised the question of whether there's anyone in this Govt capable of taking over the mantle of MoF.

Now we are realizing what kind of a hole we have dug for ourselves ! A bunch of amateurs!

LePep is concluding that “ Pou bizain remplas sa gouverment par ene caretaker govt , pas capav atan 20