| IMF Answers Inner City Press
on Cameroon and Bolivia COVID Packages and
Zambia Timing
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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COURT, June 18 – When
the International Monetary
Fund held its biweekly
embargoes media briefing on
June 18, Inner City Press
posed a number of questions
including three that got
answered, on Cameroon, Bolivia
and Zambia.
On
Cameroon, in light of its
reporting that the Paul Biya's
government has been arresting
political opponents who are
distributing COVID-19 masks
and other PPE, Inner City
Press asked, "In
Cameroon, FM Louis Paul
Motaze said the IMF funds will
be used "specifically" to
equip hospitals, supply needed
material in a transparent way.
Can you summarize the
restrictions / specific
purposes?"
IMF
Spokesperson Gerry Rice said
that there are restrictions -
video here.
On Bolivia Inner
City Press asked, "On Bolivia,
what is the IMF's response
(and confirmation or denial)
that the Bolivian parliament
has voted to reject a $327
million loan from the
International Monetary Fund
(IMF) that was earmarked to
help the country tackle the
coronavirus pandemic, media
reported. According to
state news agency ABI, the
interim government denounced
the parliament's rejection of
the loan." In response to
this, the IMF's Rice said the
offered assistance comes with
no conditionality. Video here.
Finally, for now, on Zambia
Inner City Press asked, "On
Zambia, please confirm (or
deny) and provide IMF comment
on that the "IMF consultative
and information exchange
mission for Zambia will take
place from June 22 to July 1"
- what is the IMF's thinking
on Zambia?" Rice confirmed the
timing. We'll have more on all
this. Watch this site.
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