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Our Response to the IMF Aide-Memoire of 2016

Our Response to the IMF Aide-Memoire of 2016

IMF 2016 Article 1V Consultation

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The present economic crisis is due to dependent capitalist policies of development that IMF has imposed n the Government of South Sudan. These policies have failed:

in lifting south Sudan as an underdeveloped out of underdevelopment, in uniting the dismantled economic structure, in establishment of a unified market out of interrelated parties, in achieving economic independence. But instead it crystallized backwardness and dependency to centres of global capitalism.

Policies of dependent on  capitalist way of development lead to expanding the circle of poverty and deepen inequalities between regions.. As well as between classes and social strata. In order to avoid the above situation, CPSS puts forth this  alternative programme:

To surmount the reality of underdevelopment and distortions created by open market policies require a conscious and continuing development, leading to structural transformations and generate subjective momentum in the national and diversifying the base of the economy and creating numerous and stable ties between and within sectors. This process requires the resettlement of modern technology and building technological base as the most important means of raising productivity and efficient use of resources to build a national economy that is coherent, multi-sectional and of varied products to meet the needs of production and consumption, with the efficiency of production and reproduction of its rapidly growing and achieving economic independence.

This alternative development programme is democratically balanced and self-sufficient because it is based on broad participation of masses of people in making and implementing political and economic decisions in order to achieve development, so that these masses are the first beneficiaries and reap the benefits of this development, and that in accordance with the principle of democracy and social justice. Democratic development ensures the right of each state or region in South Sudan and all members of the community in the process of development, and gives the states and regions of the country equal opportunities in economic and social development as well as offering positive discrimination to the areas affected by war and negative development policies of capitalism.  Economic surplus The strategy of this programme is to advance the process of real accumulation and expand the productive base of national economy. This requires that the potential surplus should be at the centre of its attention, as a source available to increase economic surplus, and then use it according to the priorities of the national strategy for development. This requires mobilization of this potential surplus and putting it at the disposal of community.

But this surplus be controlled by these actions and measures:

  • Curbing the seeping of economic surplus abroad.
  • Reduce bragging consumption of  new growing parasitic capitalism and prevent the spread of the social behaviour of this segment among classes and other social strata.
  • Combating corruption.
  • Controlling military and government spending at all levels..

It also calls for effective role of banking system and provident funds, and require a tax policy in favour of producers at the expense of commercial capital and banking sector and non-productive activities. And create favourable conditions and incentives for producers in all sectors: public, private, local, foreign, mixed, cooperative. State budget should play a pivotal role in redistribution of national income in accordance to the priorities of national development strategy. Also the mass initiative is an important element in the explosion of potential economic surplus and expansion of the real accumulation circle. This is subject to the extent of democratization of development.

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The economic role of the state

The implementation of the strategy  of this programme requires an active economic role of the state, not only in designing strategy, policies and development plans and supervision, but also in effective contribution in productive activity. Undertaking this role becomes more urgent in the conditions of weak domestic private capital, with traditions of productivity and reluctance of foreign capital and difficulties in subjecting it to national  development priorities. Success of this role depends on implementation of Agreement of the Resolution of Crisis in South Sudan (ARCISS) in letter and spirit and in transparency and addressing the issue of efficiency and effectiveness of institution and governmental units, strictly using high standards of productivity and trade profitability to determine the efficiency of institution engaged in producing goods and services. The establishment which provides mechanical, health and educational services, the the implementation of the ARCISS is liable to provide the necessary resources to meet their funding to the extent that enable them to operate efficiently and to provide their services free of charge to citizens.

Local private sector

The national private sector is one of the main pillars of  development process. In this process there is no contradiction between the active economic role of the state and the important role of the private sector, it does not even curb it. Even the active role of the state, forms a productive cover for the private sector in the conditions of globalization. The financial, monetary and trade policies are in favour of producers regardless of their sectional or social affiliation, The state should take the necessary measures to reduce the parasitic activity and remove national product from unequal competition with global monopolistic capital.

The co-operative sector

The  strategy of this programme stresses on the role of cooperative sector, and is concerned with the traditions of this sector as regards production of goods, services, and consumption. Since South Sudan community is a backward traditional economy,  hence the struggle of our party is concerned with the grouping of small producers, such as farmers, pastoralists, artisans and consumers in cities and country side, in cooperative movements. Broadening the base of cooperative movement means benefit from the advantages of mass production, and increase in capacities of producers, and protect them-together with consumers – from the exploitation of commercial capital and contribute to alleviating the burden of living.

Focus on the sector of state, private and cooperative does not mean the exclusion of other forms of property, such as the mixed ownership and foreign capital and small ownership. All these forms play roles, in the national development process.

Industrialization

The strategy of alternative development programme  puts the issue of industrialization, at the centre of its  interest for it is the essence of development. This issue is not limited only to industry, but includes all sectors of national economy. This process means the entry of machinery, equipments and tools in all sectors of the economy, and raises the technological supply to these sectors and the concomitant process of rehabilitation of the cadres and upgrading institutional capacities leading to more efficient use of resources and increase in productivity.

Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the source which provides all sectors of the national economy with their needs, machines, equipments and tools. It is also the base on which the process of resettlement and development of technology depend. In order to make manufacturing an engine of development, we should widen its base especially the sectors for fermenting the demand of modern technology and its production.

Petroleum Sector

Extracting oil and commercially exploiting it, is only the first step in the road of turning it into a real addition to our national economy, through employment of its proceeds to expand and diversify the production base, which includes the expansion of the sector itself.

The expansion in the oil sector is an important source of increased domestic savings, and a means of narrowing the gap in domestic resources and foreign trade, and a resource to increase the investment in agriculture, industry, energy, transport, infrastructure and social productivity, especially education and health.

Productive Infrastructure

The expansion of the network of infrastructure is one of the priorities of alternative development strategy which is suitable and consistent with production and service sectors. Emphasizing the importance of expanding and developing the base of electricity production, from direct sources to meet the needs of the national economy, expanding transport network of all kinds, and in that process construction of railways beside development of river transport, main roads, airways and information sector to serve productive sectors in the first place.

Banking system

 To overcome negative aspects  in the banking system alternative programme focuses on:

  • Maintaining state’s role in banking sector and to revitalizing and expanding this role.
  • Encouraging the private national capital to invest in this sector.
  • Stressing on the role of specialized banks and concern for its activity in rural areas to finance small scale producers, and direct their attention toward women, because of their relative weight in rural labor force. Besides providing technical support as well as financing.
  • Adopting a monetary policy in favour of the productive sectors to ensure smooth flow of resources of banks towards these sectors, to strengthen the role of the central bank and maintain its existence in state sector.

Loans, foreign direct investments and debts

Development needs, in the early stages, require the use of loans to bridge the gap of local resources. Alternative programme directs  authorities to be fully awareness of this issue and work to attract concessional loans and reduce difficult ones. It also works to raise capacity of management of loans and to achieve transparency and avert suspicion of corruption. Loans become an effective tool in pushing the national economy; they are used according to development priorities and as a channel for transfer of advanced technology.

Secretariat Communist Party of South Sudan

Chapter three

Environment

Environment is no longer understood only geographically or physically, the human awareness is elevated to understand it as a nurtured of human life, and plays the role of a fulcrum and starting points for development and human progress, thanks to its resources: human, natural, plant, animal and all contents of all its global space. That is why we are working on:

  • Participation in the international agreements for environmental sanitation and contribute with the people of the world in protecting and preserving its diversity and in reduction of green house gases.
  • Aversion of desertification and clearing of plant cover and the unjustified felling of forests, erosion of soil and decline in productivity. 
  • Protection of the rivers and their tributaries and to make maximum use of their waters.
  • The national democratic state adopts a proper planning of development, knowledge of resources and rationally exploiting it, reproducing it and issuing laws of protection of the environment.
  • Raising the capabilities of potential environmental sanitation, in planning of cities.
  • The  use of discovery of oil to provide national gas far consumption as alternative to charcoal and fire wood, and expand the use of solar energy and other energy sources.
  • National mobilization and regional and global participation for demining  and preventing burying of chemical waste in our territory.
  • Adoption of scientific methods of garbage recycling and disposal where appropriate.

Chapter Four

Health Policy

*Objectives of health policy

The human being is the goal of social development, and therefore we have to upgrade the level of his/her health and provision of his/her basic needs, so as to be able to contribute effectively in social and economic life as one of the basic citizen rights.

To realize this we must:

  • Commit to comprehensive primary health care service.
  • Provide human resources and health pursuing a policy to ensure balance between the needs and demands of the workforce through quality education and training.
  • *Health problems and control

Major disease are: AIDS, Malaria, tuberculosis, schistosomiasis and river blindness, sleeping sickness. Priority is given to tackle these diseases and other endemic and chronic diseases. This is done by:

  • Provide a healthy environment to ensure that South Sudanese citizen has access to safe drinking water and clean air and healthy food.
  • Scientific disposal of waste and hazardous waste and vector control and maintain the health and safety of work environment..
  • Increasing governmental spending on health to meet all requirements for free treatment in hospitals, governmental treatment centers and the provision of government life-saving medicines.

Chapter Five

Education and scientific research

The future begins from school. Education is just as water and air. Education is the most important investment.

The theory of educational philosophy and objectives of education, are as follows:

  • Civilization renaissance which will revive the history and heritage of the nation, with all its diversity. Research and analysis to highlight its national content and eradicate the colonial and reactionary culture, and to fight against intolerance. Bridging the gap between village and city, men and women and achieve intertwining and  co-existence between cultures and languages in the South Sudan and develop and accommodate modern data and attributes.
  • Lay solid foundations of the educational system emphasizing the democratization of education and ensure non-return to illiteracy.
  • Rehabilitating the teacher and training him continuously, and bettering condition of work and raise his standard of living in order to perform efficiently..
  • The foundation of education system is elimination of illiteracy and a battle for the cause of national democracy.
  • Link between contents and methods of education and the national plan of development and respect of manual work, side by side with mental activity are complementary to each other.

*General Education

*Pre-school education

State to care for pre-school education, for its importance, by providing infrastructure and review and develop the curriculum providing free education in kindergartens.

*Elementary Education

Education in this stage must be compulsory and free of charge to all children.

Raising the capabilities of the teacher and opening the way to learn national language and  foreign language, to be linked with the evolution of international civilization, and to international standard of living.

*Technical Education

The industrial revolution in Europe arose thanks to technical education. This means opening the way for education in this field, not for those who did not get a chance in academic education, but for those who got high results, so as to achieve higher grades and to upgrade their scientific education.

Equitable distribution of secondary school education to areas to create balance between the regions.

*Higher Education

  • Higher education, whether in universities or higher institutes of learning is facing many problems and negative practices, due to the haphazard expansion. Correction of the course of education requires the abolition of all negative practices, and to uphold the principles of enrolment in university and higher institutes of learning.
  • Full independence of universities is the foundation upon which academic freedoms exists, therefore the budget of universities, being in the hands of the Ministry of Higher Education stifles such freedom.
  • Selecting efficient professors and administrators.
  • Training of academicians by organizing training courses at home and abroad.
  • The university to find accommodation for students.
  • Higher education should meet the development requirements as well scientific research.  The state is to bear full responsibility to increase spending on education, and securing the human and material needs.

*Scientific Research and Training

Accomplishing the task of balanced development imposes a policy of scientific contribution to solve the problems of South Sudanese economy, and to meet the urgent needs of the advancement of production sector and service sector. This requires:

  • Integration of research in veterinary, animal health, human health with the systems of agricultural, animal and industrial production. And development of central research facilities throughout the country.
  • Establishment of specialized research centers which make use of economic challenges, such as vertical expansion of agricultural production to preserve the environment and soil, and contribute in the solution of contradiction between pastoralists and peasants, by economic integration between rotations of agriculture and movements of animal.
  • Development of alternative and renewable energy, particularly in rural areas. Ongoing training of our human resources to improve and develop their capabilities to form an essential part of production and service processes at all levels.
  • Opening more vocational training centers and provide all its needs of means, tools and teachers.
  • Benefit from the effort of all regional and international organizations, and countries which provide training grants. And training of national cadres, a condition embodied in agreements with foreign companies working in South Sudan.

Chapter Six

National Culture

Cultural democratic revolution is our fundamental objective. Dissemination of this culture is one of the central objectives of our party, as it sends a pleading awareness necessary for the liberation of the South Sudanese from fear and panic and from the laws of nature, from the tone of ignorance, that left him/her prey of social exploitation of different kinds and fanaticism of all kinds. Here we stand in the line of human thought and scientific approach, including Marxist prospects for thought and practice under the title of liberation heritage and to drop out in this heritage all kinds of leftist fundamentalism, chauvinism and fanaticism.

Language is a medium and carrier of culture, therefore we have to care for all Sudanese languages, without any discrimination and soliciting it in basic education is a must.

Illiteracy is still a solid barrier to the democratic development of our people. It is not enough to eliminate writing illiteracy, but we have to defeat cognitive and technological illiteracy that prevent the emancipation of our people individually and collectively from the darkness of exploitation.

Democratic culture is our approach to our people to lead them to the era of modern scientific-technological revolution, the era of triumph of science and nationality. And to fight the ideas of lawsuits closure, isolation and retreat on the pretext of self-defense and culture invasion. And to defend our cultural heritage against ancestral powers.

True culture is only built on the basis of freedom of creativity which does not accept the duality of people’s art and formal art, which is a consequence of colonial authorities, and class struggle ideas.

To face disintegration and decomposition, by democratic culture and enhance our young people not to fear difficulties, and to be a vanguard force.

By culture of democracy and human thought and basing on human thought, we take our path towards future for the aspiration to socialist horizon.

Chapter Seven

Women, Youth and Sports

*Women

  • The national democratic state ensures woman’s full equality with man before law, and the state is committed to make this equality de facto, including freedom from inferiority and to open opportunities for social mobility.
  • Takes into account the specifics of woman issue, with the fabric of classes, nationalities and social categories.
  • Ensures woman’s right to land ownership and right to the benefits of her work and decision- making according to her efficiency.
  • Ensures the signing of international agreements, concerning woman including CEDAW,  and commitment to their ratification.
  • Enacts  law of personal endowments in consistence with the national democratic constitution, international conventions and the right of the South Sudanese women to: custody and guardianship, inheritance, testimony of marriage, divorce, alimony.
  • Committed  to the principle of dialogue and patience in intellectual and cultural platforms of woman movement.
  • Considers rape in war and conflict situations as a crime of war.
  • Pays attention to woman in rural area, and displaced woman.
  • Elimination of education curricula that treat women with inferiority complex and discrimination.
  • Representation of women according to their weight and efficiency, in legislative and executive institutions, and in political parties and trade unions.

*Youth

Our attention to youth issues, stems from our awareness of youth as pillars of the future and as inexhaustible energy we seek for revaluating change.

We face problems of young people by:

  • The right to work, given the prevalence of unemployment of graduates and the displacement and immigration of young people.
  • The right of education- the threshold of the future- and to ensure compulsory and free education.
  • The right to housing, because it is the first step in family formation.
  • The right to free medical treatment and free health services.
  • The freedom of expression and organization, the abolition of laws restricting freedoms and imposition of authority- controlled organizations which are financed by the state to hinder democratic movement of the youth
  • Remove all obstacles that limit the relation between South Sudanese youth and the youth of the world. We have to open the doors for all of our young people and extend the cognitive abilities and refine their experience.

*Sports

The party confirms the importance of sports and its active role in accomplishing the tasks of the national democratic revolution and its contribution to culture .

We here focus on:

  • The state supports sports movement to ensure its independence, competence and freedom.
  • Urban planning and protection of parks and public squares.
  • Introduction of various sport activities in schools and universities.
  • Care of creative thinking

Rehabilitation and dissemination of youth centers.