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Apr 23, 2014 News
The People’s Progressive Party, through its General Secretary Clement Rohee, says that partisan politics of the combined opposition has been placed ahead of the lives and wellbeing of Guyana’s indigenous people.
These sentiments were expressed because of the non approval by the Alliance for Change and A Partnership for National Unity of over $1 Billion from the 2014 budget within the National Assembly for Amerindians.
According to Rohee the combined opposition has “once again used their one-seat majority to deny allocations provided in the 2014 Budget by the PPP/C government to improve the quality of their lives.”
He then said that the refusal by the combined parliamentary opposition to approve monies allocated for Amerindian development is not only outrageous but highly unconscionable and “exposes the true nature of the APNU and the AFC, both of whom have conspired to deny the Amerindian people their inalienable right to a decent and dignified life.”
The General Secretary outlined that Amerindians under the People’s National Congress (PNC) regime “were reduced to second class citizens and were denied basic fundamental rights which included the right to quality education, quality health care, employment opportunities and recreational facilities.”
He outlined that it is quite evident from the actions taken by the combined opposition that “they are bent on repeating their past performance, namely to starve Amerindians of developmental funds and to stultify their material and cultural advance.”
The General Secretary posited that “the entire social and physical infrastructures of these hinterland communities have been substantially overhauled since the assumption of the PPP/C administration even though challenges still remain.”
“It is clear that the actions taken by APNU and the AFC are intended to punish the Amerindian population for their overwhelming support to the PPP and the PPP/C administration” said Rohee. The PPP, Rohee explained “will continue to champion the cause of our Amerindian population and condemns the cuts made by the opposition parliamentary parties which would negatively impact on the living standards of these communities, especially as it pertains to land titles and building capacity at the local level to undertake community projects which are made available under the Amerindian Development Fund”.
The combined opposition has since provided what it sees as justification for disapproving the $1.1B allocation, among other things citing concerns with the way the Amerindian Development Fund was being utilized – primarily the complaints which they said were leveled against the misuse of the fund for political purposes as well as the lack of accountability on government’s parts for the monies that were allocated previously.
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