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APNU+AFC Coalition ‘primary chaos agents’ in political arena – Deputy Speaker
Theactions of the APNU+AFC Coalition’s Parliamentarians fails to give justice to their position as representatives of the people, according to Deputy Speaker and former Vice Chairman of the National Toshaos Council (NTC), Lennon Shuman, who said he is “disappointed” at the conduct by members of the Opposition during the Budget 2023 debates.
He said, “I hope the Guyana Elections Commission and the country at large, pays attention…we have sat in this House and listened to a political party that sat in breach of the Constitution for how many years and how many months, continue to trample on that very Constitution…I would have thought that a party that would have exhausted every single constitutional mean to hold onto power would have educated themselves and read the constitution and know what their obligations are as written in this book (the Constitution of Guyana).
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Shuman called on his colleagues in the Opposition to do better. He said, “You cannot come to this House and speak about this House… when there is a Parliament some of them don’t even bother to log in. They don’t even show up. I think that the taxpayers need to tie performance and attendance to the pay of every parliamentarian.”
Tackling the issue of race-baiting, Shuman referred to members of the PNCR-led Coalition as the country’s
“primary chaos” agents. He said, “…on day one, our very first Speaker came into this House and started speaking about an apartheid state, about inherent racism and racist policies…I have asked on several occasions for all of us, my colleagues, to not revert to race baiting. We are going to come in here and put sound bites that will reach the far end of his globe. Why? Because it makes us look good?”
He added, “When you come to this House, you have an obligation to tell the truth to the people and that truth means that sometimes we have to swallow the bitter pills of our under-achieve- ments.”
Focusing on the PPP/C government’s plans for 2023, the Deputy Speaker charged that the allocations will support further development that will benefit Amerindians across the country.
The government has allocated $4.7 billion towards development of indigenous communities with millions more set aside to advance the health, education, infrastructure and social services sectors.
