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Dookeran - "OOMPH" will not fix Politics, Economy | | COP Editorial | | Author: | | Date: 2010-03-27 13:03:15 |
| As COP/UNC unity talks are about to begin, the membership of the Congress of the People has sent a clear message to its Political Leader Winston Dookeran: It is firmly behind his principled position on the role the party will play in any new government where this country's economy is concerned.
"I have been promoting the need for a serious approach to ending the disastrous path of profligate spending of this administration" says Mr Dookeran, "and that means putting an end to all the hype,pizzazz, glitter, glamour, feteing and summit type activity meant to distract and fool the people of this country, and our friends in the region."
All this falls into the category of "Oomph" according to Dookeran.
"In any event, the money just isn't there, and I fully expect a return to the IMF and other international lending institutions well before the next election," said Dookeran.
He has been meeting with key officials of the COP over the last two weeks, including Constituency Officials, and the consensus is that the Congress of the People has to maintain one of its key mantras. The politics of the country have to be fixed, and this will be a major contribution to achieving sustainable unification.
Dookeran maintains that a Herculean task awaits the new government as far as addressing the failed economic policies of the PNM. As an example: he cites the state of the energy sector, the mainstay of our economy. "Daily, we are reading of the number of disasters impacting the various components of the sector, whether it be gas or oil. An example is the legal troubles at PETROTRIN, contracts entered into without any real long-term planning involved, contraction in our LNG sources, and as revealed in a recent daily, the bizarre treatment of possible foreign investors, who are kept waiting for years on decisions from the various energy czars." Said Mr. Dookeran.
"I have been studying this particular issue for sometime, and after speaking to a number of foreign potential investors, I am able to say that clearly, the monster of corruption constantly enters the negotiations," according to Mr. Dookeran.
The COP will bring some of the finest legal minds, economists and businessmen into the unity process, and merged with those in the other parties who are of similar inclination, the incoming administration plans to tackle the monumental task with vigour and determination, but with little or no "oomph."
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