Information released in the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) 2014 Needs Assessment Survey indicates that sections of the local business community support the GCCI being vocal on certain political issues.
According to the report on the survey conducted between August and September this year, “94.44% of members are comfortable with the Chamber commenting on current political events that may directly affect the Chamber’s membership.”
Local private sector organisations are customarily mum on issues of government and politics though in recent years the Chamber has attracted public and political attention by making public statements on issues like seeming parliamentary gridlock, local government elections and most recently, the anti-money laundering bill.
It is, however, unusual for the private sector to make public statements critical of government though this year the Chamber’s
