UDC gave Batswana false hope - Saleshando

Responding to the budget speech today, Saleshando said it is shocking that a budget speech that frequently refers to integrity is deafeningly silent on a large majority of these promises, including the foundational one on which all others rest - an economy that grows at an average annual rate of 10%. Vice President and Finance Minister Ndaba Gaolathe delivered his maiden budget speech for 2025/26 financial year on Monday.

“The Minister and the new government must be candid with the nation about which of its promises the government will fulfil, as well as those it will abandon or revise. Promises cannot be abandoned quietly. It is called lying or deceit. It is also imperative that the government should not give false reasons for abandoning their promises,” Saleshando told Parliament.