CONTROVERSIAL member of the A Partnership for National Unity + Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) coalition, Mark Ross, told a small gathering at the coalition’s youth rally in New Amsterdam, Berbice, that the plan of the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP) is to create an ICT park for “Incoming chatrees that will thief,” but posits that the incoming government will be that of the APNU+AFC coalition.
Ross, who is a fellow Berbician, was one of the many youth speakers at the rally which failed to attract the expected numbers on Friday last.
Ross’s fiery speech touched several issues including rice and sugar which sought to appeal to traditional PPP supporters, from the county of Berbice.
Amidst the many promises of the coalition should they win at the upcoming polls, Ross noted that the PPP has been advertising their intention to erect an ICT park, should they (the PPP) win the elections. “PPP are putting up posters saying they are going to establish an ICT Park. What they mean is that they will create a park for the incoming chatrees that will Thief” the APNU+AFC representative told the few hundred in attendance.
But Ross is of the belief that the “incoming” government will be that of the coalition, after they secure victory at the General and Regional Elections.
Quite certain of a victory ahead of the May 11 polls, he posited that “when the coalition wins,” they will address issues such as education, tax reduction, youth empowerment, sugar and rice.
These promises were also echoed by fellow APNU+AFC list representative Malika Ramsey, who disclosed that the coalition’s priority is to put education, poverty, suicide, domestic violence and youth empowerment on the front burner so as to address the current issues plaguing Guyana.
Ross over the last few months found himself in hot water over threats and comments aired on social media, which have stirred some degree of concern in the political arena.
The most recent episode of this being Ross’s comment on the death of a Finance Ministry official, following an accident in the Rupununi, where he was recorded as saying: “Awww. I am waiting for similar news of ‘Rumotar’ and his escorts.”
Politicos contend that Ross’s expression of his desire to see the death of a sitting Head of State is both troubling and, with elections in the air, politically insensitive.
Ross has been vocal on social media expressing his dissatisfaction with the current Administration, which observers agree is his right. However, to publicly comment on the expectation of President Donald Ramotar’s death was seen as taking dissatisfaction one step too far.
