By Abena RockcliffeYesterday was only the beginning of the much-anticipated Budget Debates, therefore many who are considered to be the ‘big wigs’ of politics did not take the floor. Nevertheless,Cheap NBA Jerseys, ‘shots’ were fired from left, right and centre.Members of the National Assembly, those who sat in the public gallery and the media were definitely entertained by the abundant heckling and the jabs during the various speeches but were deprived of real substance.Yesterday’s speakers included former Housing Minister Irfaan Ali, Minister of Business and Investment Dominic Gaskin, Charles Ramson Jr., Junior Public Health Minister Dr. Karen Cummings, Joseph Hamilton, Junior Finance Minister Jaipaul Sharma and former Local Government Minister Ganga Persaud.It was hard to figure whether Hamilton was trying to be a comedian or just a humorous politician. As he sought to ridicule the amount of advisors attached to the new government, Hamilton said that he was surprised the new government did not appoint advisors for “dog bathing,NBA Jerseys China, cat feeding and rat catching”.Then, as he sought to criticize the number of senior citizens in the government’s Cabinet, the PPP Member said,China NFL Jerseys, “The people of this country were told that it is time for the youth…take a look over yonder what do you see? Thirty shades of gray…Do not be fooled by the black hair on some of their heads.”Hamilton told the House that the government has been unfaithful to its “own young people…The youths are asking where is James Bond, Trevor Williams, Renita Williams and where is the famous Vanessa Kissoon.In response, those on the government’s side heckled “where is Ramotar, Ashni and Robert.”Hamilton sought to condemn the government’s move to “send home four dozen highly qualified technical persons” who worked on the One Laptop Per Family project.However, when Finance Minister, Winston Jordan shouted, “including your son” laughter drowned the rest of Hamilton’s word on that subject.Hamilton said that he noticed that the government decided to give one laptop per teacher and was surprised that it did not offer “ODPF or OHPP—One Dog Per Family or One Horse Per Police.”The Member then proceeded to speak of magic tricks performed by the Administration.In this regard, his first jab went to Minister Simona Broomes. He said that her first miracle was to “make (former head of Child Protection Agency) Ann Greene disappear.He said that she then visited Bartica, “found 27 ladies of the night, baptized them in the Essequibo River and called them TIP victims.”When Minister Sharma took the floor, he highlighted the many goodies in the budget including the rise in pension and minimum wage claiming that senior citizens are “overjoyed” at the rise in pension.He responded to Hamilton’s bid that the new administration is doing magic.Sharma said “Yes, I agree with those on the opposition side that the Finance Minister is a wizard, because it will take an extra special person to deal with the mess inherited form the PPP.”PPP MP Charles Ramson spoke extensively on youth.Ramson delivered his maiden speech and perhaps his over exuberance caused him to be all over the place.The lawyer cited Shakespeare, used French and offered once in a lifetime, “free advice.”These theatrics in most cases did not enhance his speech but in some cases the newbie made some good points.He said that prior to this election the coalition sung the hymn of “youth, youth,Nike NFL Jerseys China, youth and more youth – and rode the wave of youth straight to the seat of power – now upon the assumption of that seat of power – how have their actions and their budget reflected the welfare,Cheap Jerseys Supply, interest and demands of the youth? The coalition election slogan of “it is time now” in government has been translated into the policy of “it is mine” – neglecting the youth of Guyana.”Ramson pointed out that the government relegated and demoted the Ministry of Youth into a subsumed subordinate position and a programme within the Ministry Of Education – “something that we in the People’s Progressive Party totally disagree with; in fact the PPP not only believes that there should be a youth ministry and a youth minister, but that young people should occupy the seat of power in all spheres of the state – especially in the cabinet and parliament.I would go further, I would argue that the absence of youth representation from the coalition government MPs and cabinet is unconstitutional.”Ramson said as well that only two paragraphs in the Budget speech spoke of the youth – the youth line item appears in the budget – the v