I have chosen to give examples. Secondly, I know and anticipate that the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance and Development Planning, Honorable Maope, is the best qualified person to provide poverty data to dress up the ugly face of poverty, as his political calling demands. Let us begin with the ugly political face of poverty in the current political environment. As I said in my introduction three scars - intrigue, intransigence and predaciousness, disfigure the political face of our poverty. Let us examine the first scar, i.e. Political intrigue.
Political instability is a fertile breeding ground for poverty.
Intrigue manipulated by some political parties in IPA is evident these parties are anxious to be part of a future government, and yet they are dismally failing to run their own party affairs. The august body has thus become another breeding medium for political instability and thus perpetuation of poverty. The second scar is intransigence. As a result, we are nowhere near holding free and fair general elections in year 2000. Without elections, there is no democracy, and without democracy the ugly face of poverty cannot be removed from the countryside.