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Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes
Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes

– says Min Broomes to opposition

THE parliamentary opposition was urged to join forces with the government and build Guyana instead of opposing the policies and questioning the integrity of the administration.
During Friday’s debate on the no-confidence motion which the opposition tabled in the National Assembly against the government, Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources, Simona Broomes, said the Guyanese people have full confidence in the government.

“I invite the opposition to join us…let us hold hands and build Guyana and make the place we want it to be,” said the minister during the debate on Friday. She added that the government is working to fix and correct everything they had inherited after being elected to office in 2015.

Minister Broomes contended that people have full confidence in the current administration, because they are fighting to clean up what was left after 23 years.
The minister, who stood firmly against the motion, said the coalition A Partnership for National Unity/+Alliance For Change (APNU+AFC) government must not be taken for granted.

Opposition Member of Parliament, Juan Edghill

She lamented that when the APNU+AFC government was elected to office, they found problems with roads, light, water, health, education and every other sector.
“We have done a lot to fix those problems… a lot has been done in just three years… Mahdia is transformed; Port Kaituma is transformed; Matthew’s Ridge is transformed; Kitty is transformed; Bartica is transformed and the list goes on,” said Broomes, despite accusations from opposition Member of Parliament Juan Edghill, who said the government has not been putting the people first.

Edghill accused the government of putting itself first and ignoring the needs of the people; but Minister Broomes contended that the government has been improving the health, education and mining sectors.

Speaking on her sector, the minister said their vision is to create a green extractive sector which provides for all. The minister referred to the horrific Lindo Creek massacre which drove fear into the lives of miners.

“We have since moved to have a bridge there and the roads they are being put in… for miners it is a dream come through …. We have given small miners thousands of acres of land…we are moving from beyond the corruption,” posited Minister Broomes. She added that the government has made every effort to correct and fix the wrongdoings of the past administration, but they are being faced with a no-confidence motion.

“How dare you come with that to us…we will continue to push forward and I am making a very important point to say we are fixing it and we will correct it,” she contended.

Edghill however argued that there is no trust in the government and a lack of vision, but Broomes continued that there are many social ills in the country and government is stamping them out one at a time. Trafficking in persons has been one such social ill which has been dealt with over the past three years.

“Indigenous girls and children were taken away from their families…children left their homes and never returned,” said Minister Broomes.

Broomes also contested Edghill’s claim that jobs are not being provided, noting that a new bauxite company is on stream and there are other initiatives that are geared at creating jobs. The minister went on to cite development in Bartica, where there are now proper roads, lights and other services. Similar improvements have been made in Georgetown as well.

Minister Broomes also made reference to improvements in the education sector and other sectors, adding that progress will continue.

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