Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo believes that the government does not have any plans to develop the economy and that after one year of APNU-AFC in office, Guyanese are worse off.
At a press conference at Freedom House yesterday, Jagdeo said he has not seen any improvement and said there has been a “lack of direction” from the government. He argued that the economy is “fixable” but the government has no vision about where it is going and is “doing things in a haphazard way.”
He said recent statements were made that drug proceeds are not flowing freely through the economy and that this has affected spending. He said that Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan has latched on to that as an excuse and has missed the opportunity to address the
