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Reply to "Rohee dodges questions about PPP’s closure of sugar estates while in government"

Drugb posted:

Hopefully Granger holds strong and close all the estates before the end of his term. It has to be done since the afc/apnu has no clue on how to solve the issue and bring the industry to productivity. All those brain boxes in the afc/apnu during elections time boasting what they will do, and now we see them mopping up after the PPP with no real plan to move the nation forward. 

You are actually being quite severe.  While it has been established that Jagdeo destroyed Guysuco, and its most probable that APNU/AFC will do no better, I don't know that we need to jump to close it down.

Guysuco has to be reduced in scope to the point where it begins to become more viable. At that point buyer(s) can be found.  If at that point there are no buyers then Guysuco can be closed, but I feel confident that DDL will buy a portion, as they need to guarantee access to molasses.

Jamaica, with the same problem, sold off its estates to various buyers, some to the Chinese, and others to the European company, which also bought its major rum brand.  Only 2 remain gov't owned, and they are forced to be self supporting.

In the interim Granger needs to do what he seems unable to do and that it is to have OPEN conversations with the stakeholders, including the PPP.  This will be to determine the transition for workers, and regions where estates will have to be closed.

This of course will be contingent on Jagdeo ceasing his nation wide rant of "blackman a kill ahbe".   He must be forced to discuss the fact that he sold Bermine and Guymine for precisely the same reason why Guysuco will be sold.

What Granger must do is to be more respectful to the sugar workers, even though they are mainly PPP supporters, even though Jagdeo was quite cruel to the mainly PNC supporting bauxite workers.

 

 

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