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Proceedings and Debates of the National Assembly of the First PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE FIRST SESSION (2015) OF THE ELEVENTH PARLIAMENT OF GUYANA UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF THE CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA HELD IN THE PARLIAMENT CHAMBER, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, BRICKDAM, GEORGETOWN 11TH Sitting Friday, 21ST August, 2015 The Assembly convened at 1.07 p.m. Prayers [Mr. Speaker in the Chair] PRESENTATION OF PAPERS AND REPORTS The following Report was laid: Annual Report of the Guyana Police Force for the year 2011. [Vice-President and Minister of Foreign Affairs] PUBLIC BUSINESS GOVERNMENT’S BUSINESS MOTION MOTION FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE ESTIMATES OF EXPENDITURE FOR 2015 1 ―WHEREAS the Constitution of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana requires that Estimates of the Revenue and Expenditure of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana for any financial year should be laid before the National Assembly; AND WHEREAS the Constitution also provides that when the Estimates of Expenditure have been approved by the Assembly an Appropriation Bill shall be introduced in the Assembly providing for the issue from the Consolidated Fund of the sums necessary to meet that expenditure; AND WHEREAS the Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana for the financial year 2015 have been prepared and laid before the Assembly on 2015- 08-10.; NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That this National Assembly approves the Estimates of Expenditure for the financial year 2015, of a total sum of one hundred and eighty one billion, six hundred and ninety two million and twenty thousand dollars ($181,692,020,000), excluding thirty nine billion, three hundred and eighty six million, five hundred and eighty five thousand dollars ($39,386,585,000) which is chargeable by law, as detailed therein and summarised in the undermentioned schedule, and agree that it is expedient to amend the law and to make further provision in respect of finance.‖ [Minister of Finance] Mr. Lumumba: Mr. Speaker, I must first congratulate you on your acceptance of this honourable position. I also anticipate that you will be fair and of political neutrality. We are here, today, under the clouds of distrust. I had anticipated that we would have started this session with an understanding that we will move this country forward and there would be an absence of discrimination and doubts, and there would be some reasoning on both sides of this House so that we will find common ground to work together. I am very disappointed in how our Amerindian brothers and sisters were treated. I am further disappointed at the potential threat to our democracy. I do not have a problem with military personnel being in the high offices because some of the military personnel are my friends. [An Hon. Member: Is it me you are talking about?] I have more than one military friend; it 2 is not you alone so do not praise yourself. I do not have a problem with that because we are all close to each other‘s cell phone. My concern is that the Government decided that, even though we are almost 50/50 in this Parliament, it will form an advisory committee on constitutional reform without including the Opposition. It is a potential threat to democracy; it sounds like Burundi all over again. This National Assembly will become battle weary because of the one-seat separation and, from time to time, Mr. Speaker, both sides may believe that you have not made the right ruling but this should not trouble you. As an East Coast man, you should be accustomed to turbulence. On the same positive note, I want to welcome the Hon. Minister of Finance, Mr. Jordan, to this National Assembly. It is always good to sit with a former student of the Opposition Leader, the Hon. Bharrat Jagdeo. I want to inform my Colleagues on the other side that my presence on this occasion must coincide with the need for this Assembly to work as one, especially since some of us are friends on both sides. We must use this relationship to find common ground so that, at the end of these sessions, the Guyanese people and the world can see a more mature Guyana. I must, once again, congratulate the Minister and Hon. Member, who has attempted to lay the foundation for a better Guyana, but I am sure that he ought to recognise that he stands between two extremes. One extreme is when the nation had a brittle economy and when it was fostered with abnormally high interest rates being the norm, a nation that lacked potable water, citizens that felt the wrath of dictatorship in a then ‗police state‘, zero tolerance and zero production in agriculture, a collapsed bauxite industry, no proper roads, a backward educational system but deemed a fair state and a Government that distributed 30 house lots in 15 years. It is that extreme that the Hon. Winston Jordan knew before the entrance of the People‘s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C). The other extreme he now knows is a nation with a striving housing development sector, dozens of spanking housing schemes from Diamond to Tuschen and Eccles to Amelias Ward. The Hon. Minister has seen, with his own eyes, the delivery of potable water to 90% of our citizens, including our Amerindian brothers and sisters. The Minister of Finance has seen the improvement in infrastructure in the villages and towns in Guyana. The Hon. Minister has 3 witnessed the positive annual growth rate of Guyana. Even when the Hon. Member wears his dark sunglasses, he can see the development such as the East Bank Highway, the Berbice Bridge, dozens of new schools, health centres and hospitals, various shopping malls, including the Beepat Centre at Liliendaal, Movie Towne in Turkeyen, Marriott Hotel, road rehabilitation from Parika to Vreed-en-Hoop, Guyana Goldfields Inc. and dozens more like the Sheriff Street rehabilitation project, the Leonora all-weather track and the National Stadium; these are things that have been done. I speak of the dark days under Minister Carl Greenidge, my Friend, and he should not feel bad about this because some of the best people have administered dark days. The great days of progress we now enjoy because of the mentor of Minister Jordan, the one who was given an opportunity to stand before us today, and that is no other than the Opposition Leader. When one hears about a national budget, one anticipates a document that represents a road map that moves a nation from point A to point B. I have tremendous respect for Mr. Jordan and he knows that. This Budget is not his choice and so I must come to his defence; I have to. This Budget is not his choice; he has more capacity than this. I want to believe that this Budget was written by the Hon. Minister, Mr. Sharma, and I will tell you why. It lacks creativity and any major initiative. It is a recipe for broken promises to the nation. It cheapens public servants, blindfolds those who use the Berbice Bridge and this Budget is a bookkeeper‘s manual; in many ways, it is cut and paste. Where are the new ideas? Every single item is a reduction of or addition to PPP/C‘s proposed budget. A ‗C‘ grade business student in Economics at Queens College could have found five initiatives to put in this country‘s budget. Reducing the Berbice Bridge toll by $300 cannot save this economy; it is a cheap gimmick. Closing clubs at 2.00 a.m. cannot help this economy. [Interruption] Mr. Speaker, you have to defend me. I do not want to be crude. I am humbly begging you for your protection, Mr. Speaker. Giving $5,000 more for school uniforms cannot help this economy. What about initiatives in electricity, security, rice, sugar and our diplomatic relations with Venezuela? This Budget is a cheap attempt of forensic analysis of what the Guyana public deserves. 4 I want to make it clear, with no disrespect to the Minister of Finance, I believe that if the Minister was given time and independence, he would have prepared a more appropriate budget. Let me start with the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). The GGMC must be allowed to expand its potential. It needs to identify areas with economic potential like the [inaudible] Rupununi for semi-precious stones and to set up industries to cut and polish the stones. GGMC needs to start looking at potential exploitation of [inaudible], feldspar, et cetera. We need to do more for small miners, such as establish a credit union and commercial banks to work with them in times of difficulties, where they can borrow money at reasonable interest rates. This Government‘s Budget is silent on these issues. Several areas in this country need more roads so that there can be better access to new mineral property and gold mining areas. Again, the Budget is silent on this. We need to open reserved state lands - Eping, Paris Hall, Five Star, et cetera - so that we can create more opportunities for miners and expand. Accidents can only be reduced if more technical people are involved in the process. GGMC must create a stark training programme for all levels of miners so that they can be more acquainted with these issues. This area requires funding from the Government and, again, the Budget does not address these issues. In general, we need to rework our miner rules and regulations so that reclamation activities of mining areas can go into effect. Small Miners Small miners must provide a bond and a reasonable plan so that the area can be reclaimed.
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