Deputy Speaker, I move without notice:
That the House -
1) extends this congratulatory message to the Patriotic Front in Zambia for their decisive victory in the recent elections, particularly to congratulate the new President, Edgar Lungu;
2) believes that the natural resources of Zambia should be used to benefit the people of Zambia and that the ownership and control of strategic sectors, including banks, are paramount in the pursuit of any massive industrialisation programme and localisation of production;
3) encourages Zambians and the continent to reject the neoliberal narrative that has devasted the African economy and served as a means of expatriating wealth from Africa to Western capitalists while millions of Africans continue to live in abject poverty;
4) stands with the people of Zambia and encourages them to forge ahead in dismantling the colonial ownership patterns of the economy;
5) wishes to congratulate the coalition of the radical left, Syriza, in Greece on their historic electoral victory;
6) notes that Syriza, a radical left party under the leadership of the new Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, in the centre of capitalist Europe is a major step forward for socialism everywhere;
7) further notes that Prime Minister Tsipras promised nationalisation of strategic sectors of the economy and banks, raising of the minimum wage, combating flight of capital abroad, increasing taxes on big corporations and wealthy individuals, as well as provision of free health care, among other things, commitments that resonate with EFF election manifesto; and
8) congratulates Prime Minister Tsipras.