Mr T, even as I write this, there are APNU+AFC supporters inside and outside Guyana who disagree with the ministerial salary increases.
The Guyana Teachers Union is no friend of the PPP. GTU is protesting. In the coming days other trade unions will voice their disapproval.
On Facebook there are questions from coalition supporters too.
As a supporter I think the government has shot itself in the foot with this unpopular pay hike.
Comparing the ministers' salaries to our pay in the ABC countries is like comparing crappo to catfish. No consolation to the people in Guyana.
Gil, using ANY standard, what exactly is outlandish ("opulent" if you will) about paying a Guyana Gov't minister US$50,000/year?
Redux, timing is the key.
The coalition is not even 5 months old.
The coalition is facing the electorate again in LGE in 3-4 months.
The coalition had promised public servants hefty salary increases but fell short of its promise.
The coalition had promised rice farmers $9,000/bag paddy but is now saying something else.
Public servants and rice farmers are voters whom the coalition will need on LGE Day.
It does not make political sense at this point in time to raise ministers' pay by up to 50 percent. Couldn't they wait half a year more for the pay raise? They aren't starving or hard up.
Redux, I was never a blind PPP supporter and I will not be a blind APNU+AFC supporter. I told my old friend Moses a few weeks ago that he must not expect me to tell him what he wants to hear. In my long years of political activism, I discovered that yesmen cause politicians to alienate themselves from the masses.
I want this coalition to succeed. I want it to win the 2020 general elections fair and square. What I am saying is that they are making a big mistake now and it will cost them votes.
i am quite sure that you are aware of my numerous posts addressing the salary increase issue
therefore you must know that you and i are not far apart on this
so, with all due respect, this is not about coercing 'yes manism' out of any coalition supporter
i am simply pointing to facts and reason; pointing out that bad timing and political tone deafness does not a corruption make
No dispute here. You and I cool.
