Ganga Persaud calls for focus on real issues

PEOPLE’S Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Member of Parliament (MP) Ganga Persaud, Wednesday night, called for real issues of the day to be the focus of the 2014 Budget Debate in the National Assembly.

According to him, the 2014 Estimates respond to the needs of every sector of society and, given the limitation of resources, the order of the day must be prioritisation.
But he said: “All we are getting from the Opposition is nitpicking…they are searching for problems.”
Further reasoning that, were there no problems, there would be no need for the Opposition when one considers the role to which they have relegated and limited themselves.
The former minister maintained that the 2014 Budget speaks to the well-being of every Guyanese and continues the ruling party’s vision for development and economic advancement.
He added that, if the Opposition had responded to the invitation for consultations, the National Assembly could have avoided the pitfalls in which the Opposition now finds itself.
“The MPs on the other side of the House are out of touch with reality,” Persaud charged.
The MP pointed out, too, that development is a continuous, never ending process and, while talking of what could be done, there is nothing being said about from where the monies would be sourced to undertake and sustain the grandstanding of the combined Opposition.
“There are many measures to improve lives in this Budget,” he contended, as he challenged the Opposition to move themselves from the side of the problem and align themselves with the solution providers, as Guyanese demand and deserve much more from their representatives in the National Assembly.
On that note, Persaud appealed for “full support” to Budget 2014, which was presented last week Monday under the theme ‘A better Guyana for all Guyanese’.