PM Dr Keith Rowley: Kamla ‘Run-off’ bill failed

Speaking on Saturday as he spoke at a People’s National Movement election campaign at Charlie King Junction, Fyzabad, Rowley said the People’s Partnership ‘run off ’ proposals were a failure and did not impress the people.

“On the verge of election they tried with something that was not part of this process.

Kamla and the ‘cabal’ saw a defeat coming so they went to the parliament and spent night and day trying to pass the ‘run-off ’ bill,” he said.

He said 12 months after entering office, his government embarked on a national consultation process to find out what the people wanted, at a cost of $2 million and not the $15 million spent by the PP administration under the chairmanship of former Legal Affairs minister Prakash Ramadhar.

“We came to you as a people and we asked you...We listened, we documented and now we distill that and we will convert that into law,” he said.

“After you vote us in on November 28, we will ensure that the next three years be the most exciting in the local government,” he added.

Governance by township, he said, will bring to the people great accountability, greater responsibility and a greater quality of life to people.

Local Government, he added, was not an election ploy for the government.