PPP says Gov’t displaying “confusion” with Private Public Partnerships
[www.inewsguyana.com] – The opposition People’s Progressive Party (PPP) has chided the APNU+AFC administration over what it says is the display of confusion as it relates to Public Private Partnerships.
Party General Secretary Clement Rohee, at a press conference on Monday August, 28 pointed out that the government has been sending out “mixed signals” to the private sector in this regard.
He said Government Ministers and the President have differered on their statements regarding the issue in the past weeks.
“The PPP believes this is another manifestation of the level of confusion in the APNU+AFC government camp, where everyone seems to be singing from a different hymn book… it exposes the “trial and error” approach of the Granger Administration in the management of the affairs of the country,” said Rohee
He explained that Public/Private ventures have tremendous benefits for any country pointing out the “Berbice River Bridge as one of our major Public-Private Partnership ventures.”
“The construction of the bridge has significantly reduced the time it takes to travel to and from East Berbice, it costs farmers less to move their perishables and other produce to and from East Berbice,” Rohee stated.
Public-Private Partnerships continues to attract greater attention from governments around the world, because of a number of reasons, including development of local private sector capabilities through joint ventures with large international firms, increases the levels of private sector participation, gives a boost to businesses associated with infrastructure development , supplements limited public sector capacities as well as extracting long-term value-for-money, The General Secretary also stated.
The PPP is now calling on the David Granger Administration to state clearly its position on Public/Private Parterships.