Facing strong criticisms over an apparent budget deal with the government, APNU leaders yesterday sought to assuage Lindeners’ fears that they have “sold-out Linden” and urged the administration to implement a series of relief measures for the mining town before raising electricity tariffs.
Residents of the Region Ten community have been adamantly opposed to the tariff increases and staged a shutdown of the community on Wednesday in protest. That very day an APNU delegation met with President Donald Ramotar and a government team at the Office of the President and reached a series of agreements, including raising the old age pension to $10,000 per month but there appeared to be no firm agreement to defer the proposed hike in tariffs from July. The government said in this year’s budget that it will be gradually reducing the power subsidy to Linden.
APNU’s leaders David Granger and Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine yesterday sought to allay residents’ fears. “We are trying to make that change work for you,” Granger told
