‘Don’t blow opportunity’

Gail Teixeira

Saying that the country is at crossroads, Presidential Advisor on Governance Gail Teixeira on Monday evening urged the parliamentary opposition parties against withholding support for the national budget.

Teixeira, in her contribution to the budget debate, told the National Assembly that the country is at crossroads and called on the opposition for support. “We are at the crossroads… as a people, as a country …and in parliament,” she said. “I sincerely hope that APNU and AFC do not blow this opportunity to approve this budget to allow Guyana to continue on path of progress… to allow our people to get on with their lives and business,” Teixeira added, pointing out that while the debating is going on in the National Assembly, the ordinary ‘man-in-the-street’ is hoping to see more development.

Teixeira argued that the PPP/C has made significant inroads in