The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) on Monday said it has written to Minis-ter of Finance Winston Jordan advising that its contribution to the soon to be presented national budget should include the new administration’s 100-day plan that it had set out to be accomplished on its accession to office.
General Secretary of the party Clement Rohee told reporters that following a meeting with Jordan last Friday, the PPP wrote the minister indicating that its contribution to the 2015 estimates is for the inclusion of the 100-day plan and also sections of the PPP’s elections manifesto, which includes undertakings to respond to the issues affecting the rice, sugar, mining and other sectors. Attached to the letter sent to Minister Jordan on July 24th was a copy of the APNU+AFC 100-day plan and the section of the PPP’s manifesto which deals with economic development.
In its manifesto for the May 11th polls, the first promise made in the APNU+AFC 100-day plan was the reduction of the Berbice River Bridge toll. Government workers were also promised salary increases while Guyanese have also been assured that the 16% Value Added Tax (VAT) would be reduced
