Tsvangirai's MPs reject Chinamasa's supplementary budget

Opposition MPs yesterday continued piling brickbats on Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa for seeking to introduce a $1 billion supplementary budget at the same time conceding what government's revenue inflows were below target.

The MPs poured out their anger when Chinamasa moved a motion to debate the Finance No 2 Bill to support his supplementary budget.

Priscilla Misiharabwi Mushonga (MDC Proportional Representation MP) said it was unfortunate that when the House was expecting to review the budget, Chinamasa then smuggled his $1 billion supplementary budget.

Jacob Mafume, MDC renewal team spokesperson, has labeled Finance minister Patrick Chinamasa as  a clueless chap who does not even know when the mid-term fiscal statement should be presented.

Finance Minister Tendai Biti yesterday described Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa's mid-term fiscal policy statement as feja-feja economics because Chinamasa was spending money that the government did not have and was literally printing the United States dollar.