| Presidential Candidate Donald Ramotar last evening pledged to work with the opposition if he is elected president under the incumbent PPP/C which is looking for its fifth consecutive victory at the polls.“As President of Guyana, I will take their views into consideration; I will seek consensus and try as far as possible to reach agreement with them,” Ramotar said at the party’s rally at the Kitty Market square.Donald Ramotar addresses the PPP rally at Kitty, last evening.However, Ramotar said that he would not be bugged down by sustained periods of disagreement that could hinder his development agenda.“If we don’t meet agreement and consensus, they must recognize the people’s choice and the final analysis; we will take our decision to move our country forward,” Ramotar noted.He also pledged to govern in the interest of all Guyana and said he would need the people’s support to fulfill his agenda.“We will need the help of every one of you; we will even work with the small set of people who might still be misguided to support the opposition,” he added.The turnout at the rally did not resemble the massive crowds the PPP is accustomed to at Kitty. A senior police official estimated that less than 10,Cheap Wholesale Jerseys, 000 persons were in attendance, including those who were transported to the city from the East Coast, West Coast, Linden, and other areas. Those listening to him included 60-year-old Lakeram Suklall,Wholesale NFL Jerseys 2018, who was among those jailed during the 1973 elections. He was living on the island of Wakenaam and was with a band of young people who tried to prevent the Guyana Defence Force from taking away ballot boxes without the knowledge of the PPP representative.He was taken to Anna Regina, flown to Ogle, and left in the Camp Street Prison for two weeks before securing bail.He was placed on three charges, including obstruction and indecent language; on the latter charge he paid the $10 fine.Sukhlall told his story as he and his three friends enjoyed “a few drinks” under the dilapidated Kitty Market – one of several Heritage buildings in the city to have fallen under disrepair due to neglect and lack of resources to restore them.He said he never had a chance to tell any in the PPP hierarchy of his story, and hopes to have a chance meeting with Donald Ramotar,nfl jerseys china, a man he knows little about, but has great admiration for.Krishna Sahadeo, 53, a minibus driver, said he was supporting the PPP because he was born into the PPP and didn’t want to return to the days of the past when flour was banned in Guyana.“I even beat up meh wife because she couldn’t cook nothing proper with rice flour,” Sahadeo says, referring to the resort by housewives to use rice flour to make roti when then President Forbes Burnham banned the importation of wheaten flour in the 1980s.As they had their own conversations,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, Ramotar proposed to propel the country to another level of development, by creating jobs in new sectors.That sounded good to James Williams, who travelled from Long Creek on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway with the fledgling PPP group.Standing closer to the stage, he said that nothing has really changed in Long Creek over the years, save for the transportation that children now have to go to classes at Kuru Kuru.He said he would like to see change, and he believes that could happen under the PPP, even though nothing really has happened in the past 19 years since the party took over the seat of government when they defeated the PNC.Ramotar spent most of his time outlining some of areas of development he would like to tackle.He said that the planned Amaila Falls Hydro Project – anticipated to be operational in the next four years- will not be enough to drive the country forward, saying bio-fuel, solar and wind power possibilities will be explored to meet energy demands.Noting that rapid changes are taking place in the worlds of science and technology, Ramotar further said regardless of a person’s race, religion,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, creed and age they will not be disadvantaged and everyone will have access to the modern technology that exists in the world today.Ramotar said that the PPP/C will ensure that education is provided to elevate every sector of development in the country.He outlined plans for deep water harbours, a better international airport, and a specialty hospital that could see persons come into Guyana for complicated surgery under a brand of “health tourism.”Ramotar also spoke on taking the aquaculture sector into more productive waters, with an emphasis on international marketing. He spoke of improving the transportation sector to provide expanded opportunities for farmers to take their produce to the markets.Ramotar further said that the banks have expanded and persons are able to attain credit at an affordable interest rate. This has enabled many persons who have been given house lots to build their houses and develop their lives.Among the other speakers at the rally were President Bharrat Jagdeo, Presidential Advisor Gail Teixeira,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs Colin Croal, and Dr Vindhya Persaud – daughter of PPP stalwart Reepu Daman Persaud.The programme was chaired by long-time PPP member Clinton Collymore, who once served as Minister of Local Government.Entertainment at the event featured Mahendra Ramkellawan who created a remixed version of his mega hit “Dem a watch meh” for the PPP as the party’s main campaign jingle, chutney monarch Fiona Singh, and Kross Kolor Records’ headline artiste Vanilla, who hyped the crowd with the PPP 2006 campaign jingle “Love and Unity.” |
