Guyana Lame Duckling

President Ramotar remains firm on Linden visit -blockages continue to prevent him entering the community
Written by Clifford Stanley   
Thursday, 02 August 2012 21:29
PRESIDENT Donald Ramotar remains firm in his resolve to visit Linden but endless efforts have been made even up to yesterday preventing the President from responding to the call to go to that community. Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr. Roger Luncheon disclosed that up to yesterday blockages of key roadways were continuing effectively preventing the President from entering the township.
“The President knows where the buck stops. He will not delegate such an important visit to a subordinate be he a minister or otherwise. He wants to go to Linden himself but the difficulties persist,” he said.
Dr. Luncheon said that in lieu of this visit by the President, engagements between the administration, the political opposition, the Chairman of Region 10 and his delegation, members of the Linden Chamber of Commerce and Industrial Development (LCICD) and members of the private sector continue in Georgetown at the Office of the President.
He added that as a result of these discussions some of the contentions of the protestors have already been addressed.
“The situation has evolved somewhat but the road blocks are still there; still preventing access to the town.”
Dr. Luncheon said that the meetings in Georgetown between the President and stakeholders will continue to seek ways and means to end the stand-off.
With respect to the Commission of Inquiry into the shooting deaths of three protestors at Linden, he said that the terms of reference were completed on deadline and were expected to have been discussed by Parliament during the sittings yesterday.
Government last week announced that the July 1 deadline on which the electricity tariff hike was scheduled to take effect in Linden had been put on hold.
It was disclosed that following consultation with officials from Region 10 and the political opposition, government had moved to establish a technical team to brainstorm options to the electricity tariff system.
According to this decision a review will include all available and practical options and the attendant implications, financial and otherwise.
Government had also undertaken to have members of the technical team named with collaboration from both sides and the team would draft terms of reference that would be agreed upon by both sides.

No Helicopters in Guyana  ::

sound like a kwami style excuse .....

No Speedboats  aint wukking either !  ::

whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches,

we shall fight on the landing grounds,

we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,

we shall fight in the hills;

we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe,



Churchill like approach that Ramotar should read about ..... :tongue:

the president has no power cannot
send in the clowns to clear the roads

Forget de damn roads  ::

Do a Churchill :

You ask, what is our policy ?

I will say :

It is to wage war, by sea, land and air, 

why helicoptors when a couple of drones with hellfire missiles can do the job

Ramo too FAT to fit in the missile launcher .... ::rofl::

Ramo should call in his buddy obama to use drones in Linden if they are serious about terrorism

Obama aint no buddy of Ramo , head of a Commie manifesto Party .... ::redcard::

JFK did warn them ...

  you cannot be that daft about communist crap , you must be putting me on