According to the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) Member of Parliament,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Keith Scott, the ruling People’s Progressive Party’s (PPP) 17 years of incompetence, lack of performance and deterioration in the water sector, has led to further hardships on the Guyanese people in the supply of potable water.Scott, during the party’s weekly press briefing, yesterday, reminded media operatives present that in 1992 the PPP/C promised to accelerate and implement plans, which catered for the rehabilitation and adequate delivery of a potable water supply to the country.He was adamant that after 17 years of governance by the PPP, “Guyanese turning on their water taps at home best illustrate the hollowness of their (PPP) promises.”According to the PNCR MP water delivery has been sacrificed because of the “haste to re-engineer the population for political mileage.”He added that there is the obvious need for bigger pumps,Wholesale Jerseys China, making reference to the Guyhoc/West Ruimveldt Well, which he said is unable to provide an adequate water supply to the number of residents in the area as the PPP had projected.“The white elephant at Guyhoc/West Ruimveldt is still to be filled with water to adequately supply residents in that area.”He said that the inadequate supply of water to various villages across Guyana reflects poor planning, and that because of the failure to make adjustments for the expansion of a Community, the pump station cannot make the adequate supply.Scott noted that consumers are paying for the PPP’s inefficiency, because the Guyana Water Incorporated (GWI) continues to pass on the cost of wastage to the customers by inflated estimated bills rather than accurate bills.The GWI mandate is to supply clean and potable water according to World Health Organisation (WHO) standards, “yet they have continually failed to do so.”Scott also berated the low water pressure, and the Government’s laying the blame on the Guyana Power and Light (GPL) Company.Scott also criticized GWI for the poor maintenance of the hydrants around the city, saying that “millions go up in flames owing to lack of water, poor planning and?deliberate disregard for the building codes of the city.”However the Minister with responsibility for the Water Sector,Wholesale NBA Jerseys Authentic, Irfaan Ali, in an invited comment blasted Scott’s remarks as, having “been fashioned from an obvious lack of knowledge of the water sector and its various operations.”In his criticism of the PNCR position,NFL Jerseys Wholesale, Ali said that the party blatantly ignores the “remarkable” progress made in the water sector.Ali asserted that despite the comments made by Scott, GWI is guided by WHO’s standards for the provision of safe water to consumers, adding that water is routinely tested for total and faecal coliforms, the bacteria that causes diarrhoea and other water borne illnesses, and that GWI maintains comprehensive records of the tests in the central laboratory.Alli emphasised that in 1992 when the current administration took office it inherited a countrywide water supply infrastructure that was largely decrepit and grossly inefficient with many sections of Guyana’s coast having only limited access to individual household water connections.“In fact, the former PNC Government’s neglect of the water supply system saw the deployment of hand carts loaded with drums and buckets, which were pushed by young children every morning and afternoon, without fail, as they relentlessly endured the hardships associated with sourcing water from the few available village collection points….We also seem to have forgotten that most of the Essequibo Coast, for example, did not have access to piped water under PNC rule.”According to the Minister the administration acknowledges that despite the many successes achieved to date, there remain many areas where water supply improvements and upgrades are required.He stated,Discount NFL Jerseys, however, that there are plans in place to address each of the identified water woes.“What we need to understand is that water supply infrastructural growth requires time,holesale NFL Jerseys, funding and the continued tremendous dedication of young qualified engineers and water supply specialists who have remained to serve the utility and those that continue to join the water utility….“It is therefore most unbecoming of the PNC/R to describe the utility’s engineers as political hacks.”

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“It was quite distressing to see some of those present applauding the President’s outburst, perhaps demonstrating the extent to which they were intimidated and not prepared to rock the boat” — WPAHead of State Bharrat Jagdeo during the forum on Thursday last at the National Cultural Centre, restricted Chartered Accountant, Christopher Ram from speaking when the opportunity for policyholders to ask questions was presented.The manner in which the President restricted Ram who is a policy holder at CLICO (Guyana) has since been criticised.The President, following his presentation on CLICO (Guyana) and how policy holders would be paid, opened the floor for policyholders to ask questions and to seek further clarifications on the impending pay out.Lance Carberry President Bharrat Jagdeo Christopher RamWhen Ram approached the microphone President Jagdeo immediately stopped him. “Not at my meeting. Go outside and write in all of the papers and continue with your negative…you can write about that too…I am just fed up with all of these sour people around the country, just fed up with them.”Ram has since told media operatives that he merely wanted to query the legality of the payout given that liquidation laws provide a specific process.He said, too,Cheap Jerseys, that he wanted to find out about the implications of the money that the National Insurance Scheme couldn’t access or benefit from interest given that it was impaired in CLICO (Guyana) for more than a year.The Working Peoples’ Alliance (WPA) said that the abuse which President Jagdeo directed at well known Chartered Account, Attorney-at-Law and Stabroek News columnist, Christopher Ram, at the forum should be roundly condemned.The party said that it underscores the depth of his descent into the politics of spite and lack of tolerance for dissent.“This kind of behaviour by the President has now become the norm…While these displays may be a source of partisan satisfaction to the President, it is nothing short of political arrogance and disrespect for his office and the Guyanese people.”The person holding his position is expected to conduct himself/herself with dignity and not, as President Jagdeo did, expose the Office of President of Guyana to ridicule.The party also stated that it was quite distressing to see some of those present applauding the President’s outburst, perhaps demonstrating the extent to which they were intimidated and not prepared to rock the boat….This is a sad commentary on the condition of our political culture.”It was pointed out that even if the President disagreed with Ram’s position there are more dignified ways to express such disagreement.“The right to dissent is a constitutional right that the President is bound to respect it…WPA calls on citizens and organisations to raise their collective voices against this latest outrage by Jagdeo and say enough is enough.”Lance Carberry,cheap nfl jerseys, Chief Whip of the People’s National Congress Reform, during his party’s most recent press briefing also slammed Jagdeo for his remarks, not only against Ram, but also against others in recent times.He drew reference to the Presidential Address to the launch of Heritage Month where President Jagdeo used the opportunity to “cuss out” and verbally attack Dr. George Norton,Wholesale Jerseys China, the Chief of GOIP,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, for the views he expressed during his earlier address to the Ceremony.Carberry said that this despicable behaviour by the President caused the Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform, Robert Corbin, to observe that “Mr. Jagdeo has no time, place or taste in terms of how he deals with these matters at public events and degrades the office of President in the manner in which he behaves at public functions, using his privileged position as president to attack people in public because they express personal views”.Carberry said that it seems that President Jagdeo finds it difficult to observe the standards of decorum expected of the Head of State.Instead, as reported in the media, President Bharrat Jagdeo is quoted as saying “It’s a small group of people. Many of them have lived their lives already; old people. They want to destroy, you know, because they didn’t have. They have lived their lives, many of them so engrossed in bitterness, that they want to snatch away the future from all of you and from this country. We shouldn’t allow that to happen”.What message was he conveying to these young people who are about to start to contribute to nation building?“Is the President advocating that these young people should disrespect and disregard their elders,” questioned Carberry?He suggested that such morally retrograde,Cheap Jerseys Free Shippin