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Nov 14, 2014 News
As he maintained that the Alliance For Change (AFC) will not today, tomorrow or ever engage in further negotiations or dialogue with the current administration, the Party’s leader, Khemraj Ramjattan has identified the prorogation of Parliament as a gimmick to facilitate continued thievery.
On Monday, President Donald Ramotar issued a proclamation to prorogue Parliament as he sought to avoid the AFC-sponsored No-Confidence Motion that would have resulted in early General Elections.
The government, in giving reasons for the move that has attracted worldwide attention, said that the suspension is all about putting Guyana first and is geared to allow further talks between the government and the opposition on a Parliamentary agenda.
The Parliamentary Opposition – comprising the coalition A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and AFC – has however said that many previous attempts at dialogue have been infertile since the government shows no interest in compromise. It is with such reasoning that the opposition decided that it would not be engaging the government under any circumstances.
Asked if he suspected that former President Bharrat Jagdeo’s influence has had much to do with President Ramotar’s decision to prorogue parliament, Ramjattan said, “I can’t say that but I know it is a presidential decision and I would attach it to him (Ramotar) exclusively wherever he got his advice from”.
“Yes, I suspect he (President Ramotar) might have gotten advice from a number of sources who would want a perpetuation of the PPP in office so that they can continue to thief more of the taxpayers’ money.”
The AFC had given its reason for the no-confidence motion against the PPP government to be the overall disrespect that Government has for Guyana and the fact that many Government ministers were breaking the law.
The Party had noted that all of the changes that it bargained for in the development of the country have not been given an ear by the administration. However, the final straw that broke the AFC’s back was the Finance Minister’s “violation of the law” by spending $4.5B of monies not approved by the National Assembly in the 2014 Budget.
Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh had sought approval from the parliament through a financial paper he presented to the National Assembly.
Yesterday, Ramjattan told Kaieteur News that there is an extremely high possibility that the government will continue spending this way, especially since it would not have to answer to the National Assembly.
“They (the government) want to continue spending and taking their kickbacks, that is the whole reason behind this suspension (of Parliament).”
Ramjattan had also filed a complaint with the Guyana Police Force (GPF) against Dr. Singh, over the alleged illegal spending of the $4.5B from the coffers, but that approach proved futile.
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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