In his New Year’s Address, the Leader of the Opposition and the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR) stated that from his outreaches he has witnessed poverty among all Guyanese and committed to addressing the issue “so that all Guyanese can be removed from the breadline and poverty”.
“We believe that we need an approach that ensures our people benefit from our resources. To this end we have advocated for a people-centered development in which the allocation of resources in our society is aimed at reducing and ultimately eliminating poverty and giving our people a better quality of life,” Norton said.
Norton stated that in the New Year ahead, he is committed to ensuring biometrics at the place of poll and a clean voters list to guarantee free and fair elections. Noting the direction of the economy and the latest IDB report on Guyana’s economic outlook, he said the Parliamentary Opposition will be keeping the pressure on the government to implement cost-of-living relief measures.
Additionally, ensuring fair and equitable allocation of our resources to citizens, defending the rights and freedoms of citizens and communities, exposing the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) government with the aim of educating our people and stamping out government corruption and discrimination, which are eating away at the moral, legal, and the social and economic fabric of our society, are high on his agenda of priorities.
The Leader of the Opposition said his team aims to “REINVENT GUYANA”, breaking the old ways of thinking, “unshackle our collective minds, sharpen our vision, explore and implement bold ideas, restore the Rule of Law and confidence in our national institutions.”
“We will build a Guyana where all people can express themselves freely, live satisfying lives, free of undue hardships, strife, and stress; free of insecurities and indignities while developing confidence in our people and their ability to build a lawful and prosperous society. A lawless Guyana cannot progress,” Norton stated in his address to the nation.
