Pres. Granger wants co-operation with Opposition on crime, sugar and rice
September 14, 2015 | By KNews | Filed Under Peeping Tom, Source
With the spike in the crime rate, and two of the country’s biggest revenue earners- sugar and rice- facing economic challenges, President David Granger has disclosed that he wants his government to co-operate with the opposition to tackle these matters effectively.
Granger made this, among other statements, to a panel of journalists on a government show, “The Public Interest”.
The Head of State said, “We would like to cooperate with the People’s Progressive Party on crime, sugar and rice and on forging national unity through the process of civil cohesion.”
He said that this is apart from his desire to have both sides work in harmony on a bipartisan committee on the 2016 budget.
The President added, “All of us, whether we are in the political parties or non-governmental organizations or the private sector, have an obligation to build better relations rather than practice adversarial behaviour”.
He emphasized that it is that “very disposition which got us into trouble since the disturbances in the 1960s.”
Granger said that he does not want the country to return to those days.
Come next year May, he said, the country must celebrate its anniversary in an atmosphere of national unity. He said that he is confident that dialogue with the Opposition will move into new areas too.
The President asserted that he would like Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo to engage the Central Committee of his Party so as to regulate the dialogue in Jagdeo’s own terms and pace. Granger said that he is optimistic that things will be moving much faster in the near future.
PPP General Secretary Clement Rohee said that his party is already making moves to cooperate with the government on crime, sugar and rice at the parliamentary level.
In this regard he reminded of the recent appointments of PPP members to the Parliamentary Oversight Committees which will look into crime, rice and sugar.
