Zed posted:The coalition said that no estates will be closed during the campaign, they went against the advice of the commission that they set up, they have never done a proper cost benefit analysis of the sugar industry, they have put no programs in place to help the workers negatively affected to survive in the short term and to move gainfully to other economic activities in the long term, have not addressed the economic viability of the local communities affected, etc. What does the dog in sheep clothing seetaram expect?
How come you didn't ask why the PPP did NOT make plans to enable sugar workers to transition out of that industry?
They had the opportunity given that there were still better prices in the EU markets and guaranteed access.
Now that preferential treatment for ACP sugar is over you want this government to do what the PPP did NOT want to do?
The PPP knew that the writing was on the wall that a changing EU sugar regime threatened the survival of the sugar industry. They knew that years ago when the EU told ACP sugar suppliers to change. Not only did they tell them to change but they even provided funding to assistance in the transition.
The PPP sought to EXPAND the industry rather then seeking to transition away from sugar. Many like TK and others warned them of the folly of this. MILLIONS was invested in that useless Skeldon factory and yet production costs remain 3-4X higher than selling prices.
NO INDUSTRY can survive when it produces a product at 3-4X what it can get for it. It is the PPP which bares 100% of the blame for this! They should admit that they made an error and move on!