President Mutharika delivering speech in Parliament |
President Professor Arthur Peter Mitharika says his government has began delivering promises made during the campaign period.
Mutharika was speaking during official opening of the 2014/2016 Budget Meeting of the National Assembly this Tuesday.
In his State of the National Address Mutharika says his government is laying strong foundation to propel the nation forward.
He said his government is already delivering promises even before his first anniversary of his administration.
He also talked of his continued commitment to ensure that there is tight security in the country, and make Malawi grow economically.
On economic development Mutharika says, his administration has embarked on number of policy reforms particularly on designing sound macroeconomic policies.
He said from such reforms Malawi is projected to register economic growth of up to 6.5% by 2016 regardless of threat originated from flood disaster this year.
President Mutharika also added that annual inflation is also expected to go down to 12% by 2016.
Meanwhile the speaker of the National Assembly has adjourned the house to Wednesday afternoon where the opposition leaders, Malawi Congress Party (MCP) and Peoples Party (PP) will make their response. However, the opposition party, United Democratic Front (UDF) is not expected to make any response following decision to move to government side
Read President Statement in full here
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_djmeY3fFSHLVBINU9xbnV0WEU/view?usp=sharing
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