GCCI manifesto admits economic progress tied to political accommodation

No significant economic accomplishment can be realised in Guyana in the absence of “a healthy dose of political accommodation”, President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) Clinton Urling has said.

In an interview on Tuesday shortly after the chamber had launched its new Competitiveness Manifesto, Urling said it was impossible to separate economic prosperity from political stability. “It would be delusional to think to the contrary,” he said.

“The record of Guyana’s history has shown that political stability is a fundamental prerequisite for growth and prosperity. This makes it imperative that we all strive for building and maintaining stable political relations to the benefit of all of the