Ahead of Orealla’s village council elections, scheduled for next Monday, Minister of Amerindian Affairs Pauline Sukhai has urged residents to ensure that there is transparency and accountability in the management of the village.
At a meeting at the Orealla meeting hall, which also included residents from nearby Siparuta, Sukhai said that the PPP/C consults with citizens before making decisions and she expects the villages to incorporate these same principles in its decision-making processes. “It is very important for the residents of any village, young or old to always participate in the decision making or village activities, since togetherness will always breed success,” she was quoted as saying in a Government Information Agency (GINA) report.
Sukhai and a team toured the Region Six community, whose main economic activities are logging, agriculture, sand mining and small-scale farming. The village comprises Arawaks, Warraus and Caribs and the minister noted that Amerindian communities countrywide are becoming financially independent as
