Hundreds attend PPP/C meeting in Ramjattan’s home village
Alliance For Change (AFC) Leader Khemraj Ramjattan was unable to pull a crowd in his hometown a few days ago but on Thursday, hundreds turned up to listen to messages of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) carried by former Attorney General Anil Nandlall.
Some of the villagers who came out to listen to the PPP/C’s message
Last week Friday, Ramjattan was scheduled to speak at a meeting organised by the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance for Change (APNU/AFC) but did not turn up.
However, there were only fifteen persons who missed his presence as those were the persons who attended the meeting which was held in Ramjattan’s home Village – Number 47, Corentyne, Berbice.
Nevertheless, on Thursday, Nandlall used the opportunity to address crime, agriculture and matters pertaining to the oil and gas sector.
The coalition government, he said, has not passed a single piece of legislation of worth to prepare the country’s legal infrastructure for the oil and gas sector.
“I am not speaking about ancillary legislation but the very basic framework, which is not in place as there is no authority in place, comprising suitably qualified and technically sound persons to manage, or administer the affairs of the sector.”
He promised that should the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) returns to office, they will ensure that the legal framework is implemented to safeguard Guyana and Guyanese.
“When this major sector and its spinoffs start to function at optimal capacities, definitely, the legal system will have to be augmented and expanded to meet the demands.”
Addressing the issue of the closed sugar factories in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne), Nandlall related that the workers who were affected will once again have jobs under a new PPP administration.
In fact, the former PPP Minister said that the Party is committed to creating jobs when it returns to office.
Further, Nandlall spoke about plans to assist rice farmers not only in Region Six but throughout Guyana. He noted that funds will be made available to cushion the negative impacts of paddy bug infestation, drought and floods, which from time to time, affect rice farmers.
With respect to crime, the former Attorney General explained that the Party will ensure that systems are in place to deal with new types of crime.
