The APNU+AFC government is presently seeking legal advice about whether logging company Baishan-lin Forestry Limited is able to engage in activities outside of the “wood processing” they originally came to Guyana to do.
This is according to information provided on Monday by Minister of Governance Raphael Trotman. Trotman was at the time addressing Parliament’s Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources where he provided an overview of government’s proposed policy agenda in the area of Natural Resource Management.
The Sectoral Committee on Natural Resources is chaired by Opposition Parliamentarian Odinga Lumumba. Also present were committee members Minster Finance Winston Jordan, APNU+AFC Member of Parliament Audwin Rutherford and PPP/C parliamentarian Yvonne Pearson Fredericks
During Trotman’s appearance Lumumba explained that the committee does not have the ability to create or implement policy rather its role is to review policy; to get a sense of what it should be and to ensure that that policy is carried out for the rest of the government’s tenure.
Surrounded by various heads of departments Trotman shared government’s proposed policies for the natural resources and environment,
