November 27 ,2020
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The Alliance for Change (AFC) has said the Guyanese government is reopening failed sugar factories in an effort to create jobs for its mainly East Indian base.
AFC leader Khemraj Ramjattan accused the People’s Progressive Party/ Civic (PPP/C) government of engaging in an “ethnicisation policy”, “sectarian spending” and providing “red meat to its East Indian base.”
“The world market price for sugar is half of Guyana’s production cost. Where will the profits from an increased production come from?” Ramjattan asked at a media conference today.
He said the AFC and its A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) coalition partner made the cost effective decision to close facilities such as the Skeldon Sugar Factory.
Ramjattan told the government that “propaganda will not make sugar profitable” and that money should be used to provide training for Guyanese so they will not become the “cane cutters of the future.”
He also condemned the recent firing of mainly Afro-Guyanese from public service positions saying the government is “provoking trouble.”
“A cycle of hatred can be created from this uncalled development which can segregate our community further,” Ramjattan stated.
The AFC will be assisting former public servants.
AFC executive and MP Catherine Hughes said anyone, who was affected, can submit their dismissal documents to the Opposition Leader’s Office for assistance with legal representation.