To protest this apparent high cost, Jagdeo should lead his fellow MP's and boycott the  food and beverage service provided. 

They should eat local and drink local in the local shops outside the house of parliament.  This is the first time I heard that alcohol consumption is tolerated in the parliament.  Shame on all parties for allowing this nonsense. There should be no consumption of alcohol in parliament.  As for food consumption I suspect Priya and Amna are in the physical condition they are in because of overindulging.

Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

They should eat local and drink local in the local shops outside the house of parliament.  This is the first time I heard that alcohol consumption is tolerated in the parliament.  Shame on all parties for allowing this nonsense. There should be no consumption of alcohol in parliament.  As for food consumption I suspect Priya and Amna are in the physical condition they are in because of overindulging.

Remember all the pics we've been seeing of parliamentarians sleeping at Sittings of the National Assembly? Now we know the reason. Many were drunk.   

What did the PPP spend during their tenure? It is interesting that many who used to speak out against the PPP's wasting of taxpayers dollars are now supportive of this government excesses. 

Hey Dave, you've given us two servings of the same report. That must have cost you some time.

Looks like dem AFC/PNC boys like expensive likka. Kudos to dem PPP boys for not indulging and wasting taxpayers monies.

Dem PPP boys should extend things further by taking their own food to parliament in sauspan.

HEHEHE I WARNED AL YUH BOUT THOSE DUMB, INCOMPETENT BASTARDS. THE NAMAKARAM CRABDAAAG DOES GATOLAY THE LIKKA AND EAT THE POKE LIKE A PARASITE HE IS!!!!

Gilbakka posted:

Hey Dave, you've given us two servings of the same report. That must have cost you some time.

don’t know what happen there, maybe I get intoxiated reading the article and attach twice ...  lol 

If Admin can edit, much appreciated. 

Thanks uncle Gil.

Nehru posted:

HEHEHE I WARNED AL YUH BOUT THOSE DUMB, INCOMPETENT BASTARDS. THE NAMAKARAM CRABDAAAG DOES GATOLAY THE LIKKA AND EAT THE POKE LIKE A PARASITE HE IS!!!!

Looks like they've been guzzling Chivas Regal while making important decisions for the country. 

Leonora posted:

Nehru posted:

HEHEHE I WARNED AL YUH BOUT THOSE DUMB, INCOMPETENT BASTARDS. THE NAMAKARAM CRABDAAAG DOES GATOLAY THE LIKKA AND EAT THE POKE LIKE A PARASITE HE IS!!!!

Looks like they've been guzzling Chivas Regal while making important decisions for the country. 

So who they are gonna blame if one or a couple of these drunk men went home and beat up their wives? Or if driving home drunk, they kill some one?

Dave posted:

Gilbakka posted:

Hey Dave, you've given us two servings of the same report. That must have cost you some time.

don’t know what happen there, maybe I get intoxiated reading the article and attach twice ...  lol 

If Admin can edit, much appreciated. 

Thanks uncle Gil.

Correction: comrade Gill. Spare uncle for Nehru.

Can someone please post the pics of Ramjattan and others sleeping in Parliament, so I can go home laughing all weekend?    

skeldon_man posted:

Leonora posted:

Nehru posted:

HEHEHE I WARNED AL YUH BOUT THOSE DUMB, INCOMPETENT BASTARDS. THE NAMAKARAM CRABDAAAG DOES GATOLAY THE LIKKA AND EAT THE POKE LIKE A PARASITE HE IS!!!!

Looks like they've been guzzling Chivas Regal while making important decisions for the country. 

So who they are gonna blame if one or a couple of these drunk men went home and beat up their wives? Or if driving home drunk, they kill some one?

This is nothing new. I remember one night we were coming home and the man in the car right in front of us was beating the woman next to him while still driving. My father turned around to my mom and said, "he's a minister and that's not his wife". 

Leonora posted:

Can someone please post the pics of Ramjattan and others sleeping in Parliament, so I can go home laughing all weekend?    

Here is a few ...

Gilbakka posted:

Dave posted:

Gilbakka posted:

Hey Dave, you've given us two servings of the same report. That must have cost you some time.

don’t know what happen there, maybe I get intoxiated reading the article and attach twice ...  lol 

If Admin can edit, much appreciated. 

Thanks uncle Gil.

Correction: comrade Gill. Spare uncle for Nehru.

Thanks Comrade Gill. 

“If you tremble with indignation at every injustice, then you are a comrade of mine.” – Che

Reeper posted:

 

What did the PPP spend during their tenure?

It is interesting that many who used to speak out against the PPP's wasting of taxpayers dollars are now supportive of this government excesses. 

Find out and let us know.

Your second sentence sounds like an old poster on GNI.

Save the tax payers money,ban all food and refreshments provided by the Parliament for employees and MP's.

Let them walk with their own food and refreshment.

$ 700,000 Bill for Parliamentary sittings… Guyanese should not pay for their “fancy” liquor, let them buy it themselves – Jagdeo

Aug 17, 2018 News 0 Comments

Opposition Leader/Former President, Bharrat Jagdeo

No longer should the people of Guyana stand the bill for Members of Parliament (MPs) to enjoy huge quantities of “fancy” alcohol during sittings of the National Assembly.
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo said this yesterday as he denounced the amount of money being “wasted” under the coalition government on food. This was during his weekly press conference held at his Church Street Office.
Jagdeo made reference to an article published in this newspaper which highlights the amount of money spent on food per sitting of the National Assembly—an estimated $700,000.
Today, Jagdeo suggested that the cost for alcohol might be just as much as the cost for food.
He said, “It’s not just food. It’s a huge amount of alcohol that gets consumed and imbibed in the Parliament… fancy, fancy liquor. The opposition leader said that it is simply “ridiculous.”
Jagdeo said that he consumes the food provided, but never indulges in the alcohol. He noted that he has a room at the Parliament Building and he has instructed that no alcoholic beverages be put there. “You can ask them, I told them not to put any alcohol there…I do not even touch the things they provide.”
Further, Jagdeo said that Opposition Members of Parliament would hardly ever, if at all, utilize alcohol provided by Parliament Office.
“They do eat. We eat. I eat the food. What do you suggest? I don’t go and eat the food? I eat the food, but I don’t drink the liquor,” I like eating too, and it’s not like its fancy food. It’s not fancy food, but it’s the alcohol part that I have a problem with,” said Jagdeo.
Jagdeo suggested that some members of Government are excessive with the imbibing during sittings.
Jagdeo recommended that systems be put in place to allow MPs to purchase alcohol if they desire to have a drink when they meet for sittings.
He said that a canteen should be considered, “let them buy their own liquor.”
Jagdeo said that the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) government was much more conservative with its spending on food and alcohol, especially the alcohol.
He made it clear that he was not suggesting that legislators be made to eat out of boxes or that food be skimped.
But, food and drinks for parliament aside, Jagdeo said that this government has been proven to be lavish overall when it comes to dietary spending.
He said that the dietary expenditure for various agencies in the National Budget are huge.
Jagdeo said, “I have been talking about this over and over. Dietary is triple times what it used to be”.
Responding to questions about the food bill, Clerk of the National Assembly, Sherlock Isaacs disclosed that the Assembly Committee of the National Assembly of the Parliament of Guyana considered and gave approval for a number of food suppliers to be invited through the restrictive bidding process, to bid for the supply of meals and snacks for sittings of the National Assembly and Committee Meetings.
The four suppliers that bid were Maggie’s Snackette and Catering Service; Ambience Restaurant and Catering Service; Carnegie School of Home Economics and Water Chris Hotel and Bar.
According to Isaacs, the contract was awarded by the National Procurement and Tender Administration Board (NPTAB) on 5th July, 2018 to Maggie’s Snackette and Catering Service for the supply of meals and snacks for sittings of the National Assembly and Committee Meetings.
It was reported sometime back that the cost of every sitting, for food; for putting up MPs in hotels and for paying travelling from out of the region, among other things, was over $1.5M. But now, food alone is $700,000.