– stresses that proposal is being ‘considered’ by PPP/C
LEADER of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), David Granger, has been quoted in the media as saying the “rejection” of the party’s proposal for a social contract will lead to an administrative catastrophe.However, General Secretary of the ruling party, Clement Rohee, made it clear that the party has never issued any statement to that effect.
He reiterated comments he made on January 6 at the party’s weekly press conference held at Freedom House, stressing that the proposal is being “considered” by the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C).
APNU has called for a new ‘social contract’ to be agreed on in order to address Guyana’s pressing political, economic and social problems and to foster greater unity, security and progress.
The new agreement proposed by the APNU focuses on allowing major sections of society – including the government, political Opposition, trade unions, private sector and civil society – to settle on a broad national programme to move the country forward, as it relates to reaching a consensus on the goals of national development, establishing a sustainable institutional architecture and creating effective policy instruments for the achievement of the objectives of the ‘contract’.
At Rohee’s January 6 press conference, he stated that the main Opposition’s stance on national interest matters is very different from the party’s proposal.
He said: “I must say that it appears to me that it is somewhat an apparent contradiction and the question that contradicts it is how can you be proposing a social contract in respect of the body politic of our country when you have basically shot down a number of investment projects in this country, which would have brought meaningful and purposeful development to Guyana, would have seen an improvement of livelihoods for thousands of people across the country?
“So right away I see an apparent contradiction when on the one hand these anti–progressive, anti–national, anti–business, anti–foreign investors positions have been taken within recent times, so that has to be explained by the callers of this social contract.”
Yesterday at Freedom House, Rohee made it clear that the party’s position has always been to “study, consider and consult” on views expressed by stakeholders.
(By Vanessa Narine )
