the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce held its annual gala and awards ceremony last night for the junior aspiring capitalist class. front and centre & full of bellicosity was none other than the puppet president.
a few gems from the govt owned chronic and a few comments of mine. remember that ramotar and his entire crew stayed away from the transparency presentation to which they were invited
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PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar, last evening, called for Transparency International to act in a transparent manner and release the basis of their recent designation of Guyana on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI). [he will release the figures of the last two national census in exchange]
“This is a product not based in fact, but engineered,” he said.
According to him, the PPP/C government has made a transformation in promoting transparency, and in some regards has done better than developed countries. [we even better than the whiteman! jagdeo often makes similar claims. it’s in their DNA]
UNPATRIOTIC
[he said] his government has moved to retable the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering of the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT)Bill in Parliament.
According to him, non-support of the bill a second time would be unpatriotic. [coming from a scoundrel patriot]
He addressed the Alliance For Change’s (AFC) call for the establishment of the Public Procurement Commission to be a pre-requisite for the party’s support of the Bill and made it clear that support of the Bill should be “unconditional,” particularly given its importance.
“The Anti-Money Laundering Bill affects us all,” the President stressed. [oh really? us who?]
“The consequences of its non-passage are too difficult to contemplate,” Ramotar said. [The consequences of its non-passage would be a thing of beauty. something worthy of contemplation]
ATTACKS
The President took the opportunity to spotlight the attacks being made on the government with respect to development and made it clear that these are also an attack on the private sector. [attacks against the govt are also attacks against the junior capitalist league]
According to him, one is “hard-pressed” to believe that it is “not” an effort being made by opposition factions to stymie the development of the country, particularly since the projects “under attack” have “transformational” impacts for Guyana. [the non-functional skeldon estate, the non fuctional sugar packaging plant at enmore, the non functional ferry stellings, the invisible judicial reforms etc etc very transformative]
He maintained that his Government will do what is best for the country and move forward as best they can with various projects.
“We did not spend $30M for a road to nowhere,” he said referencing the road to the Amaila Falls hydro-power site, “We will build Amaila.” [oh yes we will]
Ramotar stated that his government will resist the negativity being spewed by different opposition factions and word to ensure the continued development of the country, so that Guyana can realize its fullest potential – an effort that the partnership of the private sector is key to advancing.
The Head of State stressed the need for maturity in moving forward, for the good of the nation. [i suppose we can all try and resist spewing negativity and be transformative]
Written By Vanessa Narine
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