DESPITE the Budget cuts, the Government says it is moving ahead with the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport; but the administration should not stop there. They are mandated to look after the welfare of the Guyanese people, which was re-affirmed by the Chief Justice’s ruling. And in every country the Constitution is paramount. 

What is alarming is that the Opposition has stated that it is ready to take action; but the opposition should take action in court, not on the streets of Guyana, where they might kill, wound, rape, and sexually molest innocent citizens.
The court has already spoken, so the Government must carry out what the people mandated them to do. Of the three parties the PPP/C got most votes. Case closed.
The court ruled that the opposition cannot cut the Government’s budget. If the opposition tries to trample on the court like they are trampling on the Government in Parliament and want to take it to the streets, then government must act to protect all its citizens with brute force.
For too long, the Opposition parties have been trampling on the innocent citizens of Guyana and it must come to a full stop once and for all – one way or another.
Government will continue with the Cheddi Jagan International Airport Expansion (CJIA) project, despite the Opposition cutting the $6.5B allocated to that venture in the 2014 National Budget, says Robeson Benn, Transport and Hydraulic Minister.
Minister Benn related that the project is running into delays from the confusion created last year when the allocation was also slashed by the combined Opposition.But now they have the court’s decision that gives them full liberty to use their budget for the welfare of the Guyanese people; so they should go ahead. The court and the people have spoken.

TED KING