| “When it starts tightening up, we will start lightening up,” said Alliance for Change (AFC) Leader,CHeap NFL Jerseys China, Khemraj Ramjattan, of the Government, when he offered his passionate contribution to the penultimate session of the final day of debating the 2013 national budget.Prime Minister Samuel HindsSpeaking of proposed plans to cut various segments of the budget, Ramjattan asserted that “we have to do what we have to do to ensure that that Government across the floor comes to its senses.”In his lengthy presentation, the AFC Leader pointed out that the impression is often given of the opposition that “we are the dragons…as if we are the “Bad Johns” in the place,” but according to him, moves to make alterations and amendments to the $208.8 billion national budget, which was recently presented by Finance Minister, Dr Ashni Singh, are in fact a reflection of the fact that “we are thinking of the people out there.”“But no says the other side, absolutely no. They say that we want to do damage to the workers of this country. That is the last intent we would have ever had, but it is not part and parcel of it at all, but the reconfiguration of a budget that could have occurred during a more sincere dialogue process is now not there.”However,Jerseys NFL Wholesale, Ramjattan did commend the crafting of the budget by the Finance Minister and his team,Cheap Jerseys, at a time when there are challenges internationally, locally, as well as regionally. He however pointed out that the AFC is convinced that the budget could have been a better one, had the Finance Minister sought to incorporate points that were presented to him weeks ahead of the budget presentation. He even alluded to the tripartite consultation process which was introduced last year, through which a couple of points were highlighted for inclusion in the budget but were not.Turning his attention to the presentation of PPP member, Reverend Kwame Gilbert, who underscored that “we are where we are and it is better than where we were,” Ramjattan noted that the statement is in indeed a fact, but countered by noting that “incorporating what the opposition had, we could have been far better than where we are.”Taking the spotlight immediately after the AFC Leader, Prime Minister Samuel Hinds, insisted that Government has remained committed to the task of preserving a policy environment that is conducive to economic growth and social development. Moreover, he insisted that “it doesn’t just happen, it needs the right circumstances to bring it about and the result was a seventh consecutive year of rear growth in our economy, associated strong macroeconomic performance…and visible improvements not perfection…in our regulatory and institutional environment.”AFC Leader,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Khemraj RamjattanAs such, Hinds insisted that every Guyanese citizen should feel some level of satisfaction or sense of reward in that “our work has brought us a seventh successive year of real growth… not that we have not had years of growth before…but we had been fluctuating.”“Seven consecutive years of growth amidst what is happening globally, in our region and even locally, should grab our attention, as it says that we have been doing some things right and some things good, and we might very well be on track to realising the dreams of our present and past generations,” the Prime Minister added.He alluded to Government’s efforts to bring into place the Amaila Falls Hydro Project,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, which is aimed at alleviating the challenges currently faced by the Guyana Power and Light Incorporated (GPL) while at the same time lowering the cost of electricity. This development, he said, will seek to slash generation cost by half – indicative of a drop of from 26 cents to about 12 cents an hour per kilowatt.There are also moves, according to the Prime Minister, to upgrade the transmission system,China NFL Jerseys, even as he announced that by the end of the year the Berbice and Demerara interconnected systems should be in place, with several new substations being realised.“These will greatly improve the provision of electricity to our customers…” said the Prime Minister who was on a mission to extensively share his views on the various development projects that have been engaged by the Government to ensure that all citizens could benefit. |
