Wedon’tbelieveinrushingthisprocess

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, Second Vice President Jagdeo’srecentremarks,that attempts to paint the Opposition as having no commentsonthenewmodel PSA, are a perfect example ofthedifferencebetweenthe current PPP and Coalition leadership.WhereasthePPP intends to rush every meaningful piece of legislation or important agreement through, we believethatGuyanesehavea right to be consulted with andgivenduetimetoassess important documents. We believe that a rushed documentisjustthesameas abadone,andgiventhehuge sumsinquestion(perhapsas muchasa$100billionUSD in revenue will be governed bythenewPSA),ampletime is needed to assess. It seems to us that this is obvious. When we have completed this assessment, we will make our comments to the press.

Further, we have called not only for this PSA to be laid in the National Assembly, but for a law which governs the length of time provided for consultations, so that this is