ÖVP und Grüne betreiben beim Anti-Terror-Paket reine Showpolitik FPÖ-Justizsprecher Stefan: „Das Islamgesetz war von Anfang an ein zahnloser Tiger und bleibt es leider auch. Foto: FPÖ
„Nach dem blutigen islamistischen Anschlag am 2. November 2020 in Wien hat die Regierung ein Anti-Terro-Paket angekündigt, um solche Gräueltaten in Zukunft verhindern zu können. Auch das war schon eine reine Show – der Anschlag hätte nämlich auf Basis der bereits bestehenden Regelungen verhindert werden können. Man hätte den späteren Attentäter auf jeden Fall aus dem Verkehr ziehen müssen, nachdem die slowakischen Behörden dem Innenministerium gemeldet hatten, dass er Munition kaufen wollte. Jetzt liegt dieses Anti-Terror-Paket vor, das wieder nur Showpolitik ist – und zwar in Paragraphen gegossene Showpolitik. Und weil ÖVP und Grüne das wissen, haben sie dieses Thema, das ihnen noch vor wenigen Monaten das wichtigste und mehrfache mediale Ankündigungen
By Deji Elumoye
President Muhammadu Buhari has canvassed for debt relief for African countries by European nations and international financial institutions.
This is just as he gave an assurance that the Public Private Partnership (PPP) will be fully explored to ensure more precision in development, cutting down waste and reducing chances of corruption.
The president, who spoke in Paris, France at the Financing Africa Summit held at Grande Palais Ephemere with the theme: ‘External Financing and debt Treatment’, called on European countries and global financial institutions to consider reducing the devastating effect of the coronavirus pandemic on African economies.
This, he said, could be done by restructuring debt portfolios, opting for complete reliefs and releasing vaccines to the continent, which is still behind in protecting majority of its citizens.
Daily Monitor
Monday May 10 2021
State Minister of Finance David Bahati appears before the Budget Committee of Parliament on January 20 last year. PHOTO/DAVID LUBOWA
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Mr Fredrick Angura (Tororo South) said government should always first compensate people to create way for construction of huge projects before looking for developers.
Government plans to get Shs11.4 trillion from domestic borrowing and Shs9 trillion from external borrowing.
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Parliament has approved a Shs44.7 trillion budget for the approaching financial year 2021/2022, following one month’s debate on ammendments by the parliamentary committee.
The new budget is down from this financial year’s Shs45.6 trillion, with a difference of Shs900 billion.
Fiscal Deficit Remains Contained at 3.6% of GDP in Nine Months
Primary surplus at 1.0 percent of GDP
Pakistan’s Fiscal Deficit has clocked in at 3.6 percent of GDP (or Rs. 1,652 billion) in 9MFY21 compared to 3.8 percent of GDP (or Rs. 1,686 billion) in 9MFY20, a research report by the brokerage house Topline Securities revealed on Thursday.
It translates into a decrease of 2 percent YoY during 9MFY21. While the overall deficit remained in check, the government has also managed to record a surplus in Primary Balance at 1.0 percent of GDP (or Rs. 452 billion), higher than agreed with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
The government-financed Rs. 562 billion (34 percent) of the overall deficit through net External Financing and Rs. 1,090 billion (66 percent) through net Internal Financing.