AFC still promises constitutional reform, reliable electricity

…ignores sugar industry as it reflects on 3 years in Govt

Today marks three years since the 2015 General and Regional Elections which elected the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) coalition into office, and the minority party has reflected on its success over the past years, while acknowledging that there is much more to be done to ensure the ‘Good Life’ for Guyanese.
Among the areas the AFC said the coalition Government’s efforts must be doubled to advance progress are constitutional reform, full liberalisation of the telecommunications sector and also the provision of stable and reliable electricity.
According to the AFC, Guyana is poised for massive infrastructural, economic and social transformations which will pole-vault the nation into a being hemispheric leader and pace-setter as well as the pride of every Guyanese.
Reflecting on the past three years during which Government worked to unlock the long lamented potential of Guyana and realising the good life for all Guyanese, the AFC reaffirmed that it made the correct decision in the best national interest when it signed the Cummingsburg Accord and the enter into a pre-election coalition with the APNU.
According to the AFC, public servants are benefiting from significant increase in salaries, as the citizenry are all benefiting from a lower rate of VAT, lower taxes, a higher tax threshold, higher minimum wage and better pensions. There is a better and wider delivery of a higher quality of education and health care all across the land, the party added.
The AFC further posited that infrastructure is undergoing a national revolution with new and better roads, new pedestrian overpasses, walkways and sidewalks; lighted streets and roadways and renovated bridges.
The AFC went on to point out that for the first time, Guyana has hosted multiple major meetings, conferences, summits and expos, including GIPEX, CFATF, Judges and Magistrates and tourism.
The party said too that public telecommunications too is undergoing a major revolution with over 100 ICT Hubs built and commissioned in every corner of Guyana and faster and free Internet services provided country-wide.
The AFC noted that despite agenda-fuelled criticisms, Guyana’s fast-track to first oil in 2020 is moving apace with all the requisite frameworks and legal mechanisms being advanced.
This has been done studiously and following wide consultation and an insistence on engaging with the public at every level.
However, AFC in its statement failed to mention the downsized and minimised sugar industry which has since been reduced to a mere three estates across the country at the hands of the coalition Government, as it reflects on the agriculture sector.
Instead, it said drainage and irrigation, farm to market roads and other infrastructure have been improved considerably.
The party further added that the rice sector is undergoing a resounding rebound following diligent work on securing new overseas markets – particularly in Mexico as pursued by Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo.