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yuji22 posted:

He will have to call up Congress Place for the answer and they will also fail to answer the question.

Did you read the last sentence in my post,i wil add a little more,

Indians and Africans politicians in the homeland do no wrong they are propped up and defended by smoke screens from their supporters.

That also goes for Skelly and the whole PPPite crew on GNI.

Anyway alyuh keep on trucking.

Django
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

Most of those who heeded the AFC's advice and voted for change did so hoping the real change would be the PNC monster. There can be no change if this monster has not changed from inside. These voters who crossed over are watching carefully to see if they changes promised are going to happen. It's not even a year yet into the five-year term of this coalition gov't. and most of these voters have already come to a verdict that the PNC has not changed and consequently they changes promised are not going to happen. The very act of auditing the prior administration for misappropriation of assets have come under suspicion. It's a clever way of draining monies out of the treasury into the pockets of supporters of the both parties who helped in their bid for political office - an act of corruption by itself. Interesting to note they have not recovered monies and properties in their investigations. All what the public is getting are flashy headlines about investigations and allegations without any evidence to support anything.

What I wrote more than a year ago is so dam true.

Billy Ram Balgobin

EU shuts down Harmon’s $348B sugar rant

Government’s Chief spokesperson, Minister of State Joseph Harmon was today (Tuesday) publicly corrected by the local European Union (EU) delegation, following his now infamous ‘sugar rant’ and accusations on Friday last where he told media operatives that “they (opposition Peoples Progressive Party) should explain what it is they did with all of this money.”
He was at the time drawing reference to the PPP/C stint in office during which time the EU had turned over to Guyana through several tranches, budget support to the local sugar industry as a result of the unilateral changes made in the preferential arrangement with Guyana and the EU for the purchase of Sugar under the African Caribbean and Pacific sugar producing countries pact.
Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo

Misquoted

The misquoted figures originally disseminated by the EU was picked up by the Minister of State without any sense of corroboration and proceeded to chastise the PPP/C on Friday last during his post cabinet briefing.
Asked to comment on what turns out to be a ‘grossly incorrect statement,’ the Minister of State without further checks or hesitation proceeded to tell media operatives it is clear that the $348B was not channeled towards the ailing sugar industry since, “we wouldn’t have been in the situation we are todayâ€ĶThis is huge sums of money that clearly did not go where it was meant to go into the sugar industry.”
The local EU delegation by way of a public missive today however sought to clear the air and has since apologized for the inconvenience caused.
According to the EU statement, the figure of ₮166,667,000 was given as the amount granted by the EU in budget support to the sugar industry in Guyana between 2006 and 2013.
“While this is the correct figure, the corresponding amount in Guyana dollars was inadvertently given as GYD$348.5 billion, when it should have been approximately GYD$34.85 billion (depending exchange rate used)â€ĶTherefore, the amount allocated in budget support to sugar by the EU from 2006 to 2013 was ₮166.67 million, or in Guyanese dollars GYD$34.85 billion.”
Minister of State Joseph Harmon

Budget Support

Despite the seemingly glaring inaccuracy—that could have been verified by government before making any official responses—the State Minister instead proceeded to berate the political opposition and its Leader, Dr Bharrat Jagdeo.
Harmon at the time told media operatives present at the Ministry of the Presidency, “when the PPP and some of their friends are going to sugar workers and crying we are sorry, we are sorry for you, they should explain what it is they did with all of this money.”
Responding to Jagdeo’s call for further inquiries into government’s excesses, the State Minister at the time suggested that an inquiry into the Budget support from the EU would uncover what went on.
According to Harmon, “if you inquire into this you will find that the bulk of this money went elsewhere.”
The rant by the Government’s Chief spokesperson had forced Opposition Leader Jagdeo, who was on an overseas sojourn at the time, to call for an immediate retraction on the part of Harmon and Government.
Falsehood
In fact, Jagdeo rejected the statements as a “total falsehood”, stating that the contention being peddled that the EU paid to Guyana that huge sum of money as compensation for the 36 per cent cut in preferential market prices for sugar is far from the truth.
The former Head of State pointed out that the total sum paid to Guyana was approximately $30 billion. “Indeed, the final installment of G$5.4 billion was paid to the coalition Government in October last year. The sum of G$348.5 billion is over ten times the sum actually received by Guyana,” he said in a statement.
Further, more than $30 billion was spent by the PPP/C Administration on the Skeldon Factory alone, Jagdeo said, while making a commitment to address this issue more expansively upon his return to Guyana later this week.
FM

EU shuts down Harmon’s $348B sugar rant

Asked to comment on what turns out to be a ‘grossly incorrect statement,’ the Minister of State without further checks or hesitation proceeded to tell media operatives it is clear that the $348B was not channeled towards the ailing sugar industry since, “we wouldn’t have been in the situation we are todayâ€ĶThis is huge sums of money that clearly did not go where it was meant to go into the sugar industry.”
Minister of State Joseph Harmon

Note.

FM

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