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We are better managers, says PNP
THE Opposition People's National Party (PNP) says it can do a better job of managing the economy than the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), and as such should be voted back into office in the next general election.
However, the PNP concedes that Jamaica's difficulties cannot be addressed in the short term as problems of Government structure and the cost of energy must be urgently dealt with for the country to achieve growth and prosperity
However, the PNP concedes that Jamaica's difficulties cannot be addressed in the short term as problems of Government structure and the cost of energy must be urgently dealt with for the country to achieve growth and prosperity
Speaking at this week's Observer's Monday Exchange, PNP deputy general secretary Julian Robinson said the JLP misunderstood the global environment and crafted unrealistic budgets between 2008 and 2010, which forced the administration into a borrowing relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the austerity measures that go with it.
"Successive budgets from 2008, 2009 and 2010 were all unrealistic in terms of their expenditure and income projections and then they were forced, because of those things, to move back into a borrowing relationship (with the IMF)," Robinson stated.
"We [the PNP] would offer better management of the economy in spite of the challenging global economy", he added.
Robinson was responding to questions as to why the PNP should return to office, after being voted out in August 2007 after more than 18 years in power.
The deputy general secretary made it clear that much work needs to be done before the country can be returned to a steady growth path.
"I'm not going to tell you that tomorrow morning after elections jobs will flow, as they (the JLP) did the last time. There are issues in our economy, there are structural deficiencies. You have to deal with the energy crisis and have a viable (energy) alternative which has been stalled by issues of governance which have to do with this administration", he stated. "As long as he cost of energy is as it is we cannot compete effectively as a nation."
Robinson said while the PNP's policies including its job creation strategy "still needed to be fleshed out some more," the party's blend of youth and experience was best placed to lead the country.
"It think the greatest weakness of this administration has been how poorly it has governed from the beginning," he said.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1dDNcmQk0
"Successive budgets from 2008, 2009 and 2010 were all unrealistic in terms of their expenditure and income projections and then they were forced, because of those things, to move back into a borrowing relationship (with the IMF)," Robinson stated.
"We [the PNP] would offer better management of the economy in spite of the challenging global economy", he added.
Robinson was responding to questions as to why the PNP should return to office, after being voted out in August 2007 after more than 18 years in power.
The deputy general secretary made it clear that much work needs to be done before the country can be returned to a steady growth path.
"I'm not going to tell you that tomorrow morning after elections jobs will flow, as they (the JLP) did the last time. There are issues in our economy, there are structural deficiencies. You have to deal with the energy crisis and have a viable (energy) alternative which has been stalled by issues of governance which have to do with this administration", he stated. "As long as he cost of energy is as it is we cannot compete effectively as a nation."
Robinson said while the PNP's policies including its job creation strategy "still needed to be fleshed out some more," the party's blend of youth and experience was best placed to lead the country.
"It think the greatest weakness of this administration has been how poorly it has governed from the beginning," he said.
Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/...#ixzz1dDNcmQk0
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