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11 Dec 2015 15:25 #283153
by artemis
Minister Harmon makes amends for a terrible lapse
NOVEMBER 17, 2015 | BY KNEWS | FILED UNDER LETTERS
Dear Editor,
Minister of State Joseph Harmon’s announcement that he will be donating the recent increases in his salary to various villages across the county to be used for installing street lights in the communities he has named is timely and politically important. The Minister must be commended for his decision. In arriving at his decision and announcing it publicly Mr. Harmon has demonstrated that his politics is one of accountability and respect for public opinion.
The Minister’s gesture is presumably, a response to the criticisms he received over the remarks he is alleged to have made when responding to a reporter’s question in relation to the government’s decision to increase salaries for ministers and members of parliament.
I am of the view that if the response attributed to the Minister was true he should have offered an apology, forthwith. His failure to do so, and here I am assuming that the remarks attributed to him were true, was in my opinion, a grave political mistake. The issue of the salaries was a cabinet decision and it is expected that on that score he had to hold his ground and accept collective responsibility.
I feel it is necessary to pen this letter in the spirit of criticism and self–criticism which I am contending should be a guiding principle in the governance style of the APNU +AFC coalition government. When our leaders or the government make a misstep it is our duty to admit and urge corrective measures. I am sure that all APNU activists would be delighted that Comrade Harmon has taken the course of action he has chosen. It is to be hoped that other beneficiaries of the salaries increases will follow his lead. His action should strengthen our belief that our leaders, though not perfect, are a different set of people than those in the previous regime.
Tacuma Ogunseye
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12 Dec 2015 04:12 #283226
by Watooka
Great charitable action by a member of the AFC government. In all the 23 years of the former PPP regime no such gesture was ever performed for any region.
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12 Dec 2015 13:38 #283270
by Watooka
Is the PPP drugs cartel planning some assassinations of government ministers and the president, just as they murdered Sawh?
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12 Dec 2015 13:46 #283272
by Watooka
The current police force were trained by the PPP. It will take time for them to adapt to the orders of the AFC government. You can't transform a PPP assassin wearing a police uniform into a policeman overnight.
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12 Dec 2015 18:15 #283307
by artemis
The current government is all burn ham racist stooge, same leadership style.
PPP HAD A MORE LAidBACK LEADERSHIP STYLE... that's why pnc cum apnu cudda get away with alll their manipulative work
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13 Dec 2015 09:30 #283344
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Government is being urged to “proceed with haste†to sell the Marriott Hotel in light of uncertainty about the financial viability of its operations and rising costs that could take the final price tag for the project to at least US$98 million.
Additionally, with a less-than-desirable occupancy rate within the initial months of the hotel’s operations, there is a “serious risk†of default in relation to a Republic Bank loan used for construction, according to the forensic audit of the hotel that as conducted by former Auditor-General Anand Goolsarran.
The audit report, obtained by Stabroek News, details the escalating costs of the venture as well as the fact that the former government proceeded to channel funds into construction without parliamentary approval and struck a deal that would give Hong Kong investors full ownership for just over 10% of the total cost of the project.
Always tell someone how you feel because opportunities are lost in the blink of an eye but regret can last a lifetime.
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