AS the emotional aspects of an election wears off and where there are still significant contentions on the results, we must concurrently be thinking of the Economics of our Nation. None of the Ministries proposed addresses in any detail which entity or person is the belly button for these activities and the nation seem to be running on auto-pilot in these areas.

A strong economic foundation has been built under the PPP/C government with a stable economy thus allowing key aspects of common economic pillars to be achieved.
The proposed paving of the Road to Brazil and the Deep Water Harbour are two key ingredients to pivoting our economy upwards while we await the production of Oil.
This is in addition to other programmes such as Ethanol production which should be of high priority as proposed by the PPP/C.

To note, both parties agree on the Road to Brazil and the economic benefits of trade with one of the world’s largest economies. I see no reason why this cannot be started as soon as Parliament convenes.
The Deep Water Harbour will be contentious as the PPP/C study proposes it at the mouth of the Berbice River given infrastructure access (Roads) versus the Essequibo River which would require more infrastructure development.
This all makes for a good debate but at the end, a Deep Water Harbour must be built within the next few years.

Our focus on achieving economic unity should take precedence over political ideology and differences. The 10th Parliament failed at achieving this and there cannot be any payback motives in the 11th Parliament.

PETER R. RAMSAROOP