With general elections a few days away, President Donald Ramotar yesterday upped his appeal for votes, announcing an $8b payout from Norway and issuing several statements in which he promised to cut taxes on imported vehicles and hinted at governance changes.
In yesterday’s newspapers, Ramotar also appealed for votes in an open letter in which he blamed the opposition for stymieing progress. Last evening, the campaigning moved several notches up when he issued a statement announcing a fifth tranche of US$40m from Norway under a forest protection agreement and signalled that Oslo
