| “There is something about our politics that is a drag on this Guyanese community and that drag is keeping us back,” Leader of the Alliance for Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan stated.In fact, Ramjattan was confident enough to highlight that there is currently not a complete picture available of the financial status of the country, even as he alluded to the fact that there should be huge sums of money in the account of the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL) which is headed by Winston Brassington.AFC Leader Khemraj RamjattanRamjattan was at the time making a presentation as part of his contribution to the debate of the 2013 National Budget which concluded in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.According to the AFC Leader, the NICIL account has public funds and “…there are huge sets of monies in certain bank accounts, which the Auditor General had indicated clearly ought to be put in the Consolidated Fund and even greater sums in the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission’s account,Wholesale Cheap Jerseys, Forestry Account and the Gold Board Account.”Ramjattan related that he had on one occasion made the point that these monies ought to be placed in the Consolidated Fund, because they are public monies and as such ought to be brought to the attention of the National Assembly in order for the necessary allocations to be made.“Oh yes, the Minister has the right under the constitution to lay the budget,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, but we have every right, however, to indicate where we feel money ought to be cut. Money ought to be placed in other areas so that we can have what we regard to as that which is beneficial to all and sundry in this country.”Ramjattan noted that while the budget is a priority and is being placed and positioned, it would in no way mean that the opposition does not love the people of the country by highlighting that the monies that are going to go from a NICIL to a Marriott ought to go to a new, permanent bridge across the Demerara River.“What would have been wrong with that? And we are stating that at this stage it might be better a priority than a Marriott. We are saying that we could have started up with certain monies, even if its grants or loans at State Development Bank,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys Outlet, through which credit could have been gathered for entrepreneurs…It is our love also, for people,Cheap Jerseys From China, that encourages us to state that those are proper priorities which ought to be implemented.”Moreover, Ramjattan noted that an accommodation of the opposition, which holds a majority in the National Assembly,Atlanta Falcons Jersey, is an imperative, even as he added that “we have to listen to each other, and especially the Government, listen to the opposition.”According to the AFC leader, accommodation of the opposition will seek to ensure that what collectively is best for Guyanese is allowed to make up the content of the National Budget.The 2013 National Budget, which is valued at $208.8 billion, was recently presented by Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh,Cheap Jerseys Online, following which the debates commenced, with members of the opposition indicating their intent to slash various sections. |
