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It is
generally felt that the NDC is not a
party for the poor people. This was
said about the NDC when they were in
office before and it is clearly repeated
now because of the many actions that
they have taken in seven months against
the poor and vulnerable people in
Grenada, Carriacou and Petite
Martinique. It is therefore not
surprising that even supporters of the
NDC who would have benefitted from the
programmes of the NNP administration are
now crying out for this administration
to have a heart.
The
injustice is too many, especially at a
time when we face a financial crisis.
It appears that the NDC has learnt
nothing from president Obama but the
word change. As the United States of
America goes through a recession, the
President is busy trying to create new
jobs and is doing everything to
stimulate the economy. He is doing
everything possible to unite America and
to bring together the best possible team
that can get the job done regardless of
political affiliation.
In Grenada,
our Government is doing the total
opposite. No emphasis on creating
jobs. Workers are fired by the
Government and their jobs are given to
persons who are already employed. Those
who are able to do the job are sent
home, while those who are not able are
hired because of their political
affiliation. No effort is placed on
stimulating the economy and the
Government seems to have forgotten about
the rising cost of living since they
assumed office on July 8th.
All energy is focus on victimization and
malicious attacks on individuals. More
over, the poor and vulnerable are
ignored and are offered little or no
hope to cope with this challenging
time.
We can only
hope that sooner rather than later the
government will recognize that it has a
responsibility to provide for the
destitute in our society regardless of
who the supported in the last general
elections.
The actions
of the NDC administration continue to
hurt the less fortunate and many of them
are speaking out even if the Government
seems not to be listening. One cannot
help noticing the number of actions
taken against the poor and vulnerable
since the NDC administration assumed
office on July 8th, 2008
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Removal of
support services for cancer and dialysis
patients
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Sudden and
unjustified increase in the price for
beach sand
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Reduction in
the number of books provided to
Secondary School Students
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Removal of
the Free Milk Programme
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Suspension
of the Transportation Allowance
Programme
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Removal of
the Food Basket Programme,
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Suspension
of the House Repair Programme
Ø
Removal of
the Home Construction Programme for low
income persons
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Removal of
the Books and Uniform Vouchers Programme
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Increased
work for debushing workers for a $10.00
per day reduction in pay
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Reduction in
the number of debushing contractors
Ø
Refusal to
give Debushing Contracts to NNP
Supporters
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Dismissal of
hundreds of Government worker perceived
to be NNP supporters
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Dismissal of
almost 2000 Imani workers and closing
down of the programme
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Taking jobs
from the poor to give to NDC supporters
with other sources of income
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Failure to
stimulate the economy and create jobs
for the unemployed
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Failure to
address the rising cost of living in the
first 6 months
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Refusal to
pay monies owed to small contractors
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Wastage of
Government’s money to buy furniture,
vehicles and first class tickets
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Removal of
hundreds of names from the Public
Assistance list
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Failure to
provide increase of $250.00 to persons
receiving Public Assistance.
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Failure to
remove the reconstruction levy in the
time frame promised
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Request for
persons to reapply for lands sold to
them under the NNP
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Removal of
stand pipes in many villages
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Increase in
the cost of medication
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Closure of
Wall Street from 6pm
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Removal of
the small loans programme for farmers
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Removal of
the fishermen industry fund from the
budget
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Increase in
the cost of Fertilizer for farmers
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Refusal to
continue construction projects which
provided jobs for many
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Attack on
investors, nullifying projects which has
resulted in loss of thousand of jobs
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The list
goes on and on ……
NNP
Perspective week ending February 20th,
2009
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