Region 10 Chairman Sharma Solomon says APNU plans to host 19 community meetings throughout the region in order to educate its constituents on components of the 2012 National Budget and inform them about the rationale behind the cuts voted for in Parliament.
This announcement was made on Wednesday at the first of these meetings which was held in the conference room of the Linden Enterprise Network. A panel including APNU shadow Minister of Works, Water and Infrastructure Joe Harmon and RC Solomon and Region 10 MPs Vanessa Kissoon and Renis Morian interacted with residents. According to the chairman, the meetings would discuss components of the Budget that have implications for Region 10. “….The government has put forward its case and it’s now time for Region 10 to put forward its side,” he said. Solomon said the agenda also includes preliminary and fundamental issues such as unemployment, infrastructure and the lone television station, which had been challenging the community prior to the reading of the 2012 National Budget and must be addressed.
Harmon sought to explain the Opposition budget cuts and, with regard to the much-talked about ‘snap elections’ he said, “Bring it on! We are not afraid.” Further, he said that APNU is not
