A Partnership for National Unity says that they would put the blame on government for the unsafe environment, underdevelopment of physical infrastructure, unsettled Amerindian land issues and the widespread uneasiness among residents in the hinterland. This statement was made by former Police Commissioner and Shadow Home Affairs Minister Winston Felix.According to Felix, he remembers clearly when scores of Amerindian protestors had to travel from the distant Barima-Waini, Cuyuni-Mazaruni and Rupununi Regions to protest in front of the National Assembly and the Ministry ofWinston FelixAmerindian Affairs on August 7 and August 9. He said that the protest which coincided with the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People in August called attention to unsettled land issues.Felix explained that these included titling and the conflicts with miners who occupy these lands and the unworthy response of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs was to dismiss the protest “as nothing more than an advocacy group trying to boost its significance.According to him,Wholesale Authentic Jerseys, the Ministry of Human Services is still to bring the scourge of trafficking in persons in the hinterland under control. Felix said that the crime only received attention when the Guyana Women Miners’ Organisation started to rescue girls who had been trafficked and APNU piloted a resolution in the National Assembly demanding a Commission of Inquiry.He said that it was a notorious fact that girls have been trafficked to brothels near the mining camps and timber grants for sexual exploitation.“The Ministry of Education seems to have been paralyzed to learn that failure rates at the annual National Grade Six Assessment examinations are astronomically high in the hinterland with the majority of children failing all four subjects,” Felix said.According to him, the dropout rates for boys and girls in primary and secondary schools in the hinterland are double the rates for the coastland.“However the Ministry of Education blames the hinterland children for their own poor performance on account of their emotional problems, early adult responsibilities, learning disabilities and parenthood.”He added that instead of the Ministry of Amerindian Affairs trying to grapple with the serious problem of student underperformance, the Ministry launched a $200M unsubstantial six-month Youth Apprenticeship and Entrepreneur Programme (YAEP) for youths to be trained in culture, education,China Jerseys, governance,Wholesale Jerseys, health and sports instead of educational and vocational skills.According to the former commissioner, bandits in the hinterland? easily exploit the Guyana Police Force because of the lack of resources and inability to effectively patrol the areas Felix said that his party would be calling on the administration to radically change its hinterland development policy,Cheap Hockey Jerseys, if at all it has one. According to him, the administration needs to create a secure environment for Amerindian and other residents,Wholesale Jerseys China, visitors and investors.He said that there is the? need to improve the standard of education and adopt genuine technical and vocational training for youths; it needs to introduce a new policy to the rehabilitation and construction of safe bridges, roads and other physical infrastructure.