 President Bharrat Jagdeo at the media conference yesterday. | |
He was referring to a Kaieteur News headline ‘LCDS consultations a sham by administration’, over a story which said the PNCR views with skepticism the intentions of the Bharrat Jagdeo regime to engage in consultations on avoided deforestation and their now well touted LCDS.
“I saw in the papers, this morning, that the Opposition has said that the LCDS consultation is a sham and what I find very unappealing about it is that they could disparage the efforts of so many people,” Mr. Jagdeo remarked.
He continued: “Everyone with a modicum of sense or who would have observed what has taken place over the last three months would see that no country, that I know of in this world, has consulted as much on any issue as we did in Guyana.”
President Jagdeo declared that, definitely, no country, including both developed and developing countries, has subjected their environmental plans to the type of scrutiny that Guyana has allowed in this case.
“If you examine the website that is managed by the secretariat, you will see that we have faithfully represented every comment that we have received, positive and negative,” he told reporters.
President Jagdeo said it has even uploaded articles from the newspapers that have been critical of the strategy, “just to give a balanced view of the consultations.”
“So, when the Opposition says this, people know they can’t be serious, first of all and, secondly, I think it is in the true fashion of what our Opposition has become, many ways irrelevant and on the fringe of things,” he offered.
“They can’t support anything that is mainstream, anything that is positive. They can only see negatives. They can never run a country with this outlook,” said President Jagdeo, criticising the Opposition party.
Declaring that the Opposition is “disrespectful of people”, he asked: “Can you imagine the 157 Toshaos, elected leaders of the Amerindian communities who sat here for several days, including two full days, with me starting from morning going late into the night, talking about the future of our country and the LCDS – that they are disparaging the efforts of all of these people?”
President Jagdeo reiterated, “It is just a lack of respect for all Guyanese but, more particularly, for Amerindians.
“If you can dismiss all of these efforts made by all the elected leaders of the Amerindian communities, who spent two full days discussing this, then, clearly, you are either out of touch with reality or you just don’t care about people’s opinions. But it’s the PNC and I guess I shouldn’t come to expect any better.
The Opposition specifically the PNC has shown that it cares little for Guyana much less the Globe. The dismiss the input of our Amerindian Brothers and Sisters as they did while they rule Guyana with an iron fist. The opinions of the Guyanese populace obviously is inconsequential where many known anti-govt proponents commended this govt on the LCDS, but the PNC true to form has shown once again that they are only interested in making Guyana one of the polluted countries in the world, despite the efforts of this govt to reverse this.
ReplyDeleteCorbin and his acolytes have failed to see that here is an opportunity for countries like Guyana to chart a new development path by pursuing a ‘low carbon economy’ and to become a global example of 21st century economic development. Guyana’s vast forests, mineral, and environmental resources can form the basis for developing a new economy based on sustainable practices across all sectors.
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