Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique (Maputo)
17 December 2007
Those who claim that Mozambique is not in control of the Cahora Bassa dam, and that control over the dam operating company. HCB, has merely been switched from Portugal to Canada, are speaking dishonestly, accused Energy Minister Salvador Namburete, interviewed in the latest issue of the weekly paper "Domingo".
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I represent the part of Mozambicans who "deshonestly" say that Cahora Bassa is not ours yet. And the reason is simply that the debt is not yet completly paid off. We got a loan to pay Portugal, that was great, But we still need to pay off the loan we got. Is that thinking "deshonest"? We are not saying that C.B will never be ours, we are saying that until it is paid off is not ours. This is actually to keep in mind our commitment in paying off as soon as possible. Some could rejoyce that it is ours already and forget that there is still a debt to pay. What is deshonest in thinking like that?