| By Kiana Wilburg“When the history of post independence Guyana is recorded, July 18 will feature prominently. It will feature prominently unfortunately from a notorious perspective for it was on this day that the joint opposition in the National Assembly,China NFL Jerseys, whose principal function is to always act in the best interest of the people whom they swore to represent, unleashed a most destructive act of betrayal of the people’s interest.Attorney General, Anil Nandlall“They voted down and rendered moribund the Amaila Falls Hydro Project,” said Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney General, Anil Nandlall.“Even Burnham had said that if we don’t get hydro power, we will get hydrocele and again, we are at a precipice where we are choosing hydrocele instead of hydro power.”The Minister expressed his disappointment with the position of the joint opposition and accused them of playing a game of “petty politics”.Nandlall recalled, “In 1971 when the Guarantee of Loans (Public Corporations and Companies) Act was passed, the external debt ceiling limit then was $25 million.“On February 9, 1974, it was increased to $50 million. On March 8,Wholesale Jerseys China, 1978,Discount NFL Jerseys, it increased to $200 million. On March 20, 1978 another resolution was moved and it increased from $200 million to $500 million.“Then on April 21, 1980, it was increased from $500 million to $1 billion.” All these increases, he noted, were done under the People’s National Congress Reform and for the first time in 2013,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, the PPP/C administration sought to raise it from $1 billion to $150 billion and there seems to be much unrest by the opposition with regard to this motion.The Attorney General indicated that prior to his address, the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ashni Singh,Cheap Jerseys 2018, gave the mathematical computation and calculated the inflation rate to establish beyond any disputation why they have advanced this motion.“We are not doing it arbitrarily and capriciously; we are doing it to meet a requirement which is at hand.“Often it is said that if Guyana’s potential is unleashed then we can catapult ourselves beyond where we are and many reasons can be advanced as to why we have not moved swiftly up the development ladder.“No one can dispute that among the problems which have hindered Guyana’s economic progress up the ladder is our inability to provide our people and the manufacturing sector with affordable,Cheap Jerseys Paypal, cheap, reliable and a sustainable source of electricity,” Nandlall expressed.“How are we going to justify the monies spent which could have been spent otherwise, like on the construction of hospitals and more books for our children?“We took that money and we built a road going to a project that we slaughtered in this National Assembly; a project that is now on its way to death.” |
