AFC Delivers for the People of Guyana....Bringing an end to the 19 years Local Govt Elections Delay ....

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Historic local gov’t bill passed

The historic Fiscal Transfers Bill 2012, one of a suite of four, meant to pave the way for local government elections was this evening passed by the National Assembly and the others are scheduled for debate today.

Long-awaited debate on these bills, which have been talked about for a decade, began after the PPP/C agreed to change the intended order of debate. The PPP/C had wanted debate first on two Amaila hydropower project matters but the joint opposition held firm and argued that the elections bills should be debated first.

The Fiscal Transfers bill is aimed at making local authorities financially autonomous. Clause Four of the bill sets out the conditions under which fiscal transfers will be made from central government to the authorities.

Local government elections have not been held since 1994.

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MitwahSenior Member

Changes are coming. AFC!

8/7/139:40 PM

Former Member

The joint parliamentary opposition must be complimented for standing firm, never mind the government side will demand its pound of flesh Thursday.

8/7/139:46 PM

Former Member

National Assembly passes local gov't bills unanimously

Wednesday, 07 August 2013 21:42

The National Assembly Wednesday evening unanimously passed the four local government bills ending a 12-year reformation process.
The four bills were seen as essential to the holding of local government elections last held in 1994 but officials from GECOM have said that they would need at least six months from the assent of the legislation to prepare for the polls.
The bills were sent to a Special Select Committee in January ago after talks at a bipartisan taskforce broke down.
However, Committee Chairman Basil Williams said that they had alerted GECOM already to the likely passage of the legislation and it should have been preparing for the elections.
A GECOM official had told DemWaves that a significant amount of public education on the new system would have to be done.
The Fiscal Transfers Bill addresses the equitable provision of resources to the various local government organs and provides for them to generate their own revenue. The Municipal and District Councils (Amendment) Bill updates the fines, fees and other charges within the municipalities.
However, Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud called for the scrapping of five amendments in the Local Government (Amendment) Bill which removed certain powers from the minister and will vest them in an autonomous Local Government Commission. But his plea was rejected by the opposition MPs who dubbed it a return to colonial thinking.
Junior local government minister Norman Whittaker said the bill had been “hijacked” in the Committee by the opposition. According to him, the parties had gone beyond opposing and were now “obstructing” progress.

The debates on the Local Government (Amendment) and the Local Government Commission Bills both saw the government proposing amendments with two being unanimously adopted for the first while the AFC supported the government’s amendment on the latter.

The AFC’s move represented a backtracking from their Select Committee support for changing the composition of the Local Government Commission.

8/7/1310:36 PM

Former Member

This is a great accomplishment!

8/7/1310:39 PM

Former Member

Finally the AFC ketch sense and voted for progress. All along they were following the destructive PNC. Now it looks like they have become the lapdog of the PPP. Look for Ramoutar to offer Prak lil minister wuk as reward. hahahaha

8/8/136:45 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by BGurd_See:

Finally the AFC ketch sense and voted for progress. All along they were following the destructive PNC. Now it looks like they have become the lapdog of the PPP. Look for Ramoutar to offer Prak lil minister wuk as reward. hahahaha .....if they remove yuh godey you will see things clearly like de rest of us.

Godey vision is not a good thing.

8/8/137:22 AM

MitwahSenior Member

Originally Posted by BGurd_See:

Look at how you sit on your goadee collecting food stamps and your class mate Nigel Hughes is secretary for the Hyrdo project company. You will always be a loser.

8/8/137:32 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by BGurd_See:

dummy the AFC HAVE THE PPP on their knees they already thief money from this hydro project so they will sell their own mother to try and build it

8/8/139:38 PM

Former Member

I heard from a local Guyanese AFC supporter the AFC was losing members since they aligned themself with the PNC. After Nigel and his wife embarrassed them, they were in a bigger pickle. Membership base declining.

8/9/135:54 AM

Former Member

The AFC sold out, the many "experts" including Christopher Ram and Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh have shown that this project is a waste of tax payers dollars based on the cost benefit ration. Why did the AFC sell out and suddenly all their membership including jaliki, mitjuanita, worrier and Cocaine flip flop once Nigel stood to gain due to his secretary position in the Amelia falls company. Only white man d2 ketch sense and stood by his original contention that the project was a waste.

8/9/136:57 AM

Former Member

Originally Posted by TI:

Nigel ain't stupid, he see that milk van hovering around, he cut and run rass, now the katahars clowns like mitwala, kari-guttah, etc all leff with white mouth. In a perverse way, Mr Hughs might help bring about come change for the betterment of the people, as long as he don't get drunk with milk and moves to Prado.

8/9/137:13 AM

Former Member

All those who don't like it .... you can skin-up......

Nehru is Right....this is a Blessing in disguise......

Guyana will get Hydro Power thanks to the AFC......

and at the right price....

what is wrong with that??????

8/9/138:00 PM

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