Mars posted:Demerara_Guy posted:Corentyne Chamber reminds Coalition gov’t of campaign promise to keep sugar alive
March 11, 2017 Politics, http://citizensreportgy.com/?p=42467
The Central Corentyne Chamber of Commerce contends that the proposed closure of the Skeldon and Rose Hall estates are very worrying for the future of Berbice, given that thousands in the communities, intertwined with the estates, will be affected.
“We also do understand the present situation facing the government where GuySuCo has to be subsidized annually to the tune of billions of dollars, undesirable as it is the government is duty bound to provide alternatives for the population,” the Chamber said in a statement.
It added, “We do recall the government promise to Berbicians in the 2015 elections campaign that no estates would be closed and it is not as if the financial state of GuySuCo at the time was unknown.”
As such, the Chamber has called on the Coalition Government to address their minds to solutions for the problems of GuySuCo. “Solutions have to be found where before any estate is closed alternative employment has to be provided for the people,” the Chamber said.
Meanwhile, the $52M plus Commission of Inquiry (CoI), which produced a report into the operations of the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), has recommended that no estate be closed.
On page 30 of the Volume One of the Report, it said, “The COI does not recommend the closure of the any estate at this time.” On page 30 of Volume One of the CoI report, it also said, “(The CoI) took into account the current state of the economy which lacks vibrancy, with awareness of the problems in the rice industry, the low market price of gold and the level of ‘unemployment.” Also, at page 31 of the same report the CoI said, “The effect of closing any estate without planning and adequate notice to cane farmers has serious consequences, not only for the employees and private farmers but for the communities as well.”
Already, the Wales Sugar Estate has been closed. Information indicated that all sugar estates, but three will be closed but the Coalition Government
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