Gov’t shouldn’t have to bargain for Amaila

A section of the stakeholders who attended yesterday’s consultations

The government yesterday tried to win stakeholders’ support for the Amaila Falls Hydropower Project, which President Donald Ramotar said his administration should not have to bargain for.

“We have to do everything to put this project back on stream,” Ramotar told those in attendance at the Guyana International Conference Centre at Liliendaal, where the government organised a National Stakeholders Forum on the project However, by the end of the meeting, it was unclear what it had achieved, especially since the opposition parties, whose parliamentary support is critical to advance the project, were not present.

The main hall of the Conference Centre was filled to capacity yesterday morning as several members of government made presentations to stakeholders. However, many of those in attendance were public servants. When asked how they came to attend the function, especially since it