Human rights defender Laura Miti says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) deal and conditions is punishment for bad economic behaviour.
She says the time for citizens talk loud was when the mountain of debt was being recklessly contracted and not when it has to be paid.
Miti says while a lot is being said on the deal, with others suggesting that it should not have been taken up, it time to revisit history with regards to how and why the debt was taken up in the first place.
Miti writes
Leaving the inebriated Constitution for a bit, I’ve been listening to people say the IMF has harsh conditionalities and we should not have taken the deal.
Let’s put it this way:
The IMF only shows its face in countries that have done a spectacular job of messing themselves up. You only go to the IMF after shitting your pants full.
You then have the choice of sitting with the stink or accepting whatever way the IMF says you clean up, even if it’s with your bare hands.
At that point, no one else will look at you, and you have neither water no tissue at your disposal.
So IMF is punishment for bad behaviour. The time for citizens talking loud was when this mountain of debt was being recklessly contracted. Not when it has to be paid.