Contesting parties share vision for children

Political parties contesting the November 28 general elections yesterday highlighted plans for improved race relations, the enforcement of legal protections and fixing the education system as part of their vision for improving the general welfare for the country’s children.

The four parties contesting the national polls were invited to each make a 15-minute presentation on plans for the nation’s children at a forum held at the Umana Yana by the Rights of the Child Commission and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), held under the theme ‘Guyana’s Commitment: Making children visible.’

Addressing the forum were presidential candidate for the Alliance For Change (AFC) Khemraj Ramjattan; representative of