Fair treatment of all businesses and no taxes on start-ups until they begin to turn a profit is a key pledge of the soon-to-be-launched Change Guyana political party, whose presidential candidate Robert Badal is asking voters to trust his experience and leadership as a businessman.
“If I am the leader of this country, any incentive, economic measure, or policy that is applicable will be across the board. It will be open and transparent and applicable to everyone in that industry,” Badal told Sunday Stabroek in an interview on Thursday, during which he said that politics would not be a permanent career choice for him. Badal added that even he will not benefit from preferential treatment.
Badal along with chartered accountant Nigel Hinds, who is the prime ministerial candidate, will launch a political party called Change Guyana this Tuesday at the Pegasus Hotel, which is owned by Badal. Badal is also the proprietor of Guyana Stockfeeds Limited. He had previously been close to governing coalition partner AFC and the news of the new party caught key AFC executives off guard.
