Yetming: Criminals know Govt weak

CRIMINALS AND public servants know they are dealing with a weak government, UNC MP Gerald Yetming said Monday. “The chickens are coming home to roost,” he declared.

The St Joseph MP warned Government that if it continued its pattern of engaging in “wild non-productive spending” there would be inflation, devaluation and increased unemployment. He was speaking on the motion to adopt the Report of the Finance Committee on proposals for the Supplementation and Variation of the 2003 Appropriation in the House of Representatives. Noting that the Public Service Association (PSA) was calling for a 45 percent increase in salaries, Yetming said there would be an “unprecedented amount of pressure from the labour front and the PSA is only a start.” He said this is what happens when a government and Prime Minister agrees to meet with known criminals, euphemistically called ‘community leaders.’ Yetming said the Government itself took two increases in its pay within the space of one year. “You will pay the price,” he said. The UNC MP also slammed Government for “rushing” to help  LIAT, giving it $30 million, while responding in a cavalier fashion to BWIA pleas for assistance.