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Combined parliamentary opposition rejects outrageous statements – APNU

Oct 20, 2012 News

APNU says that the People’s Progressive Party’s chief whip Ms. Gail Teixeira comments  on the Tenth Parliament were outrageous, untrue and a misrepresentation of the facts. The party was responding to a report which was made by Teixeira, on October 13 on GINA.
APNU yesterday described the statements as deliberate, misleading and mischievous, suggesting that the First Session of the Tenth Parliament was only characterized by Budget cuts and the contravention of established parliamentary rules and procedures.
The party last evening said that it is cognizant of the many instances of the misappropriation of public funds and thus undertook the careful scrutiny of the operations of Government.  It said that Ms. Teixeira needs to be reminded of the Lotto funds that the Government does not deposit into the consolidated fund as required by law, the $4 billion housing scandal, the lawbooks scam, the purchase of ships that could not be put into operation on arrival and the fiasco of the Supenaam stelling.
APNU said that given all of these acts of the PPP/C Government, the opposition was justified in taking steps to ensure that the resources of the Guyanese tax payers are not squandered or misused. The party said that they have been delivering on its commitments to look after the interest of the Guyanese people.
“The PPP/C must recognize and accept that the people of Guyana made it clear, by their vote at the November 2011 Elections that they want a new dispensation,” the party stated.  The fact is that there is every indication that the PPP/C Government will be voted out at the next General Elections.
The party said that it will be focusing on public finance, public security, broadcasting local government reform and social services when the National Assembly opens.
Further, the party said that the configuration or composition of the Sectoral Committees has been settled. The political opposition has  gone past that and trusts that at the next Standing Orders Committee meeting there will be final submission and agreement on the names of the persons to serve on each of the four Sectoral Committees.

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