The present standoff between the APNU+AFC Coalition Government and the Private Sector Commission (PSC) following a sharp public exchange between the two earlier this month is “a counterproductive development that is unacceptable given the uncertainty of the present economic climate,” former PSC Chairman and Roraima Airways Chief Executive Officer Gerry Gouveia told Stabroek Business in an interview on Tuesday.
“At a time when all the countries surrounding us – Trinidad, Suriname, Barbados, Venezuela and Brazil – are in economic trouble and when there might be persons and organizations bleeding our foreign exchange into those troubled countries, more than ever before, we need to put our heads together to craft a strategy to protect our exchange rate. Instead, we are hardly even talking to each other. Frankly, I find the whole thing ridiculous,” an animated Gouveia said.
