FINANCE and National Planning Minister Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane says there is no viable option if debt restructuring fails but expresses optimism that it’ll be a success. On Monday, Dr Musokotwane revealed that Zambia’s creditors, under the common framework, were complaining that they were being asked to provide too many incentives towards the country’s debt. And asked if debt restructuring programme was the only best solution for Zambia, Dr Musokotwane responded in the affirmative. “The best solution yes, is debt restructuring because in the absence of that, Zambia simply says ‘look you people I cannot pay you bye bye go’. But that is not the best way of resolving an issue because if you take that route, still it does not...

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