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PPP/C launches manifesto at Marriott

Apr 26, 2015 News

The People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) launched its manifesto: Guyana Version 2.0 in grand style yesterday at the Georgetown Marriott Hotel. The event attracted members of the Diplomatic Corps and many faithful supporters.
The event was chaired by Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett. Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee, was the first on the agenda. Rohee, the PPP/C General Secretary said that the manifesto is a five-year plan to promote development in every facet of the nation and to address critical issues affecting the populace so as to achieve a more secure and prosperous environment.
Rohee said that the PPP/C’s proven track record “did not come by accident” but through hard work despite the hindrances it received in the Parliament by the “honeymooning couple”—A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC).
If the opposition had the nation’s interest at heart, “Guyana could have progressed by leaps and bounds,” he said. Nevertheless, with all the struggles it faced with the APNU+AFC, the General Secretary asserted that the PPP/C still remains the most influential party in the land and for those who have doubts; he expressed confidence that his statements will be justified when the May 11 results are announced.
Rohee told his audience that the carefully crafted manifesto is more than a declaration of policies. After a cultural dance, PPP/C Prime Ministerial Candidate, Elisabeth Harper, provided an overview of her party’s action plan for the people.
Harper said that the PPP/C is committed to ensuring that the electorate is given a higher standard of living through new far reaching programmes that will provide the opportunities for better life for all Guyanese.
Her party envisions Guyanese being able to have greater access to improved social services, affordable housing, more job opportunities and an environment that is safe and promotes the respect for women’s rights.
She noted that one of the key pillars of a nation is education hence the PPP/C intends to ensure that the school curriculum equips young people with the requirements of the new frontiers for economic growth. Harper said that along the line of boasting the country’s progress in the education sector, her party also intends to increase the number of trained teachers in the system, implement an enhanced early child education programme, improve the quality of tertiary education that is offered at the University of Guyana and establish centres for science, technology, engineering, arts and economics among others.
As it relates to the party’s plan’s for health, the Prime Ministerial Candidate said that the PPP/C wants to complete the specialty hospital, expand services such as neurosurgery, renal health and diabetic retinopathy services,  expand doctor-provided home-based care across Guyana, expand the health fund to support persons who need to pay for health care and upgrade regional hospitals.
She said that while there is more in store for this sector, the PPP/C also wants to complete the $250M maternity building at the GPHC by 2016.
Harper then turned her focus to the housing sector. In this area, the PPP/C she said, wants to implement a national housing policy that promotes sustainable housing development and facilitate the construction of turnkey (5000) homes.
For sports she revealed that there are plans in store to construct three new regional multi-purpose facilities in Berbice, Essequibo and Linden and in the field of culture, related laws will be revised.
Considering her party’s commitment to youth, the Prime Ministerial Candidate said that the PPP/C plans to continue single parent training programmes in areas such as garment manufacturing, continue training through the Board of Industrial Training, an average 3000 young people annually as well as implement special support arrangements for young married couples.
She also elaborated on the initiatives in store for child care, the indigenous people, the homeless, women empowerment and the development of men.
The Prime Ministerial Candidate concluded that the PPP/C’s vision for Guyana is one which sees the accelerated development for all in peace and comfort.
PPP/C Presidential Candidate, Donald Ramotar, showcasing aspects of his party’s manifesto, emphasised that the event was not one to be interpreted as selling the electorate false hopes or empty promises. He said that the launching was no elections gimmick.

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