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‘People’s Partnership’ ups the ante

Nov 01, 2010 News

The ‘People’s Partnership’ which was recently engaged in protest action outside Parliament is now seeking to gain momentum advocating for a “Progressive Blueprint for Change Agenda”.
The Group, headed by Peter Ramsaroop of Vision Guyana, said yesterday, that every day, the nation is bombarded with advertisements on Channel 11 of progress in our country.
“Each hour of every day glossy commercials of something called LCDS are played…Those are the things that seem to turn our Government officials on, when none of those items are making our lives better and our tax dollars are being used for all these shenanigans…Blackout is back, what have all the investments into GPL have produced.”
According to the People’s Partnership with the holidays almost upon Guyana, many get emotional as they try to figure out what they can afford for Christmas presents for their children, “can we keep up with our traditions of changing our curtains, or repainting portions of our homes?”
He questioned just how far has reality touched Guyanese.
“It’s in the classroom, offices, on the streets, in the markets, on the playground and everywhere else around Guyana…Single parents and low income families will face these tougher realities when their children are at home and need the essentials for a brighter merrier Christmas than last year.”
According to the People’s Partnership, reality is knocking at the door of Guyanese and there is only so much that they can do because the average person’s salary is unchanged, production has not risen, and prices for hard earned work remain the same.
“The reality is, many work from 8:00am to 4:00 pm five days a week, and get paid a salary of about $40,000 taxable…At the end of the month there are bills to be paid, food to buy and transportation costs…This is real life in Guyana.”
As part of advocating for a “Progressive Blueprint for Change Agenda” the group is calling for the creation of a National Energy Council with responsibility for “transforming the energy base.”   Guyana cannot get to the creation of “green jobs” to counter climate change until, “we first solve our basic energy needs so that we do not have blackouts as a routine aspect of life in Guyana, a reality since 1980 to which the PPP continues to add masking tape….This a real life issue…Promises don’t help our businesses to be competitive or fix our blown appliances.”
The group says also that it must be accepted that there is need for competent “technocratic expertise” in managing the multiple, complex problems facing the nation.
“Appointing Ministers with no educational or practical experience suitable to their Ministerial portfolios only compounds our problems.”
The group says that they have lobbied hard for a reduction of VAT and other taxes in order to stimulate the economy and to put more money in people’s pockets to spend on their families but there have been no signals by the government that the Ministers have heard the people.
“No surprise here…Many are still struggling to send their children to school, yet we have seen no move to implement publicly-funded transportation for our school children.”
“We are ready to start with our progressive blueprint for our future that will be “resourced, executed and measured….We need leaders who seek national interests over personal interests. We need bold leaders who govern with compassion and wisdom.”

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