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Gregory Bowen |
St.
Georges, November 5th, 2008: Shadow
Cabinet Minister for Communication and
Works Mr. Gregory Bowen is calling on
the new administration to review their
decision to reduce the pay for persons
involved in the debushing programme.
According
to Bowen, the past Government realizing
the economic challenges faced by
Grenadians had provided increases not
only to public servants and agricultural
workers but also to road workers. He
said this increase was condemned by the
new Minister for Works saying that the
decision by the NNP administration was
for political benefits.
However,
Bowen says that the statements of the
Minister have been consistent with a
‘don’t care’ attitude for the poor since
he has made similar statements regarding
other workers who received increased pay
under the NNP. He said the opposition
questions why the Government is always
pressuring the most vulnerable to make
sacrifices. Mr. Bowen also notes that
the new Government was quick to condemn
the decision by the past government to
increase the spending on the debushing
programme, and explained that all these
were measures taken by his
administration to help the poor and
vulnerable to deal with the rising cost
of living.
The former
Minister for Communications and works
calls on the new Government in these
tough economic times to reconsider its
decision and to return to the previous
rate paid to the road workers. |
