‘Keep citizens poor and you will have a security problem’ -

Chandan-Edmond tells Parliament

Shadow Minister for Public

The MP noted that the Chandan-Edmond on $58.6B allocated for ‘public Wednesday reminded the safety and public security’in government that economic the 2023 budget represents security and public safety go an increase of $7.1B from hand in hand. During her last year’s budget. In 2022, fact that crimes are hardly perpetratorofcrime.” presentation on the third day government allocated reported. Today, she said ‘choke of budget debates, the $51.5B for public safety, but

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“Wecannottrustthisdata and rob’ crimes are almost Opposition Member of according to the Opposition because it flies in the face of daily and Guyanese simply Parliament(MP)warnedthat MP, not much improvement what we experience every do not feel safe just walking the country’s security wasseen. day,” the MP said. She said, among each other The MP situation will remain a She promised to lay over “If a $52.5B could not make spoke of extrajudicial problem once citizens are to the House the ‘crime rate us safe in 2022, it is safe to killings and bold gunmen unable to access basic bycountry2022report’from conclude that $58.6B cannot that execute in daylight and necessities and continue to which she submitted that do the trick, with no plan to intheviewoftheirfamilies. feel like the country’s Guyana has the eighthaddress these serious issues. The Opposition MP resources are being handed And “if the people cannot She opined that Budget h i g h e s t c r i m e r a t e It is safe to conclude that opined that private security outtoaselectedfew a f f o r d b a s i c d a i l y 2023 did not consider worldwide of 68.74, and a money is not the problem, firms continued to pop up Chandan-Edmond told necessities, there is no situational analysis, theories murder rate of about four theproblemliesinthelackof and suggested that the the National Assembly that security when the price of or general philosophies that times higher than that of the economic security and the situationspeakstothelackof the country’s security bora has increased by over speak to the current plight of UnitedStates. feeling of general insecurity confidence in the State to situation has reached its 50percent”. citizens. She posited that the Withthesestatisticsfrom inthiscountry.” providesecurity worst levels. She said the The Opposition MP said money allocated in the an independent source, the

The MP related that the “The number of high- government has failed, in its thatitoughttobedifficultfor budget has been primarily MP questioned the police Opposition’s manifesto had powered weapons in the 2023 budget, to cater to the government to speak of directed to infrastructure reports which she said were taken into consideration the streets is another worrying economic security and ‘prosperity for all’ while projects While she isn’t compiled by police She promoting of people’s safety concern ” Chandan general security to all noting that Budget 2023 against such projects, called for the release of their through economic security Edmond reported, as well as citizens.

“leavesalargesectionof our Chandan-Edmond insisted sources of data collection, as it understood that, “if a the ease with which firearm Shesaidthatifthereisno populationwiththeviewthat on balance so that the methods and sampling and man cannot find food, he is licencesareacquired“fora economic security for all, the prosperity is only citizenry could indeed questioned whether they on page 20) lives will not be improved. availabletoaselectedfew”. prosper took into consideration the