In a letter sent to the President and signed by the APNU/AFC inseparable duo, David Granger and Khemraj Ramjattan several unpractical propositions have been put forward as a means of averting their impending cuts which target thousands of workers and several critical development programmes to be undertaken by the government.
One of the indecent proposals is the reduction of the Berbice River Bridge toll to $1000. The opposition knows fully well how any such action by the government will be received in the international investment community given that the Bridge is a public-private financed venture. The investors entered an agreement which guaranteed financial returns among other things and any reneging of this agreement by the state will not go down well.
Take for instance the furor over the nationalization of several companies in neighbouring Venezuela by late President Hugho Chavez. Many would recall Guyana's experience with such practices under the Forbes Burnham government when many private properties were seized. This is what the opposition wants to take us back to.
One of the indecent proposals is the reduction of the Berbice River Bridge toll to $1000. The opposition knows fully well how any such action by the government will be received in the international investment community given that the Bridge is a public-private financed venture. The investors entered an agreement which guaranteed financial returns among other things and any reneging of this agreement by the state will not go down well.
Take for instance the furor over the nationalization of several companies in neighbouring Venezuela by late President Hugho Chavez. Many would recall Guyana's experience with such practices under the Forbes Burnham government when many private properties were seized. This is what the opposition wants to take us back to.