PPP/C signals intention to attend next sitting of National Assembly – indicates willingness to work with Gov’t to address ‘alleged’ rise in uncertainty in society

COME July 30, members of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) are expected to take up their seats in the National Assembly as the Parliamentary Opposition, in an effort to curb the alleged rise in uncertainty in society.

This was hinted to members of the media on Friday by Former Head of the Presidential Secretariat, long-lasting member of the Party, Dr. Roger Luncheon, during a press briefing at Freedom House.

Dr. Luncheon said, “PPP could return at earliest on the 30th…I wouldn’t be definitive, but I wouldn’t be surprised if they did,” as it would be an ideal forum to discuss matters which the PPP/C needs to have addressed as soon as possible.

According to Dr. Luncheon, the public is aware that the party has resolved to take up its seats in Parliament, but he said that pertaining to when they would actually attend has a lot to do with the routine of the National Assembly.

UNCERTAINTIES IN SOCIETY Moving forward if the PPP/C heads to Parliament, there are some issues that they intend to address immediately, as thus far they have discovered that there is a high level of uncertainty that prevails in Guyana’s society today.

Dr. Luncheon said, “It is no doubt that (the uncertainty) has some genesis in the change in Government, because it has been occurring after the May 11 elections, as our party’s contention is that the level of uncertainty has been influenced further by specific actions made by the Granger-led Administration, and importantly, some omissions of the Administration.”

Three areas that the party insists have been contributing to the level of uncertainty are non-disclosures, discrimination, and the “creeping” dictatorship (authoritarianism) that is being practised by the Government.

NON-DISCLOSURES Elaborating more on these areas, Dr. Luncheon said the non-disclosures contribute to many things that are happening, because, by custom and practice, information that would be normally provided is not being provided.

Dr. Luncheon said that during the tenure of the PPP/C at the helm of Government, that party was held to the same standards and adhered to consultations but, he said, “those standards have apparently been swept aside”, because the Government is not informing stakeholders and the general public about specific information that is important to the public.

This, he said, in turn allows “spit press and social network” to get involved in deep conjecture; therefore, disclosure is an important aspect of Executive power, because it leaves to the imagination little of what comes next.

“We have to address this uncertainty, and there are things that can and must be done if this level of uncertainty is not to prevail; as also it can be addressed by incisive action by the Government,” Dr. Luncheon opined.

His own suggestion is that, in order to address the alleged rise in uncertainty in society,

there must be

some type of collaborative effort

between the Government

and the PPP/C;

but this offer, he said,

was not made lightly.

The offer is made in the context of coherence, he said. The Government should understand that the PPP/C’s inputs are based on those plans and projects which are above board and are consistent with the PPP/C’s programmes.

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