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*FULL TEXT: MDC Calls For Wholesome & Comprehensive Re-dollarisation* *Follow Pindula on WhatsApp for daily new updates* https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va84dngJP21B2nWeyM3v?bd > Re-dollarisation must be wholesome and comprehensive > We note with serious concern the regime’s half-hearted attempt to re-dollarise in a grossly inadequate way that does not even begin to address the country’s economic frailties as well as the concerns of the ordinary Zimbabwean. > We feel that the return to the multi-currency regime must be compressive and whole-some, not these piecemeal measures that appear to be meant for a few cronies to access forex at a cheaper rate. In any case, the ordinary Zimbabwean is not in possession of free funds, which means these inadequate measures have nothing to do with the people. > For starters, we strongly feel that a full return to the multi-currency regime will mean that all workers be paid in US dollars as the ill-advised move to demonetize had seriously eroded people’s disposable incomes. > Government as the biggest employer must show the way and begin to pay meaningful salaries to its own workers. It is grossly senseless to re-dollarise at transaction level without paying due attention to the issue of salaries. > We call on the government to simply bite the bullet by withdrawing all the statutory instruments and other legal niceties that stand in the way of a full and comprehensive return to the multi-currency regime. > Ordinary Zimbabweans are suffering and this piecemeal approach will not work. The return to the basket of currencies must be wholesome, full-some and comprehensive until we address the fundamentals that make it impossible for us to introduce our own currency. > It was ill-advised in the first place to abandon the multi-currency regime in the absence of an address of fundamentals, which include issues of production and confidence. > There is nothing to laud in the current half-hearted measures that fall far too short in addressing the economic challenges at hand and the concerns of the ordinary people > For now, Zimbabweans deserve a living wage. The return to the multi-currency regime must happen in a comprehensive manner that also addresses the issue of salaries. > Otherwise, these minuscule measures are akin to a fart on a raging fire. > MDC Communications _If you found this article useful_ *Please support Pindula by forwarding to friends and groups*
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