The recent statement issued by the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI) on the subject of the political impasse confronting the country and the attendant counterproductive outcomes is significant insofar as, among other things, it reflects the assertion by at least a section of the business community of what it sees as both a right and a duty to comment publicly on an issue of national importance.
We believe, too, that critical to the Chamber’s decision to make public its views in this instance was what it regards as a nexus between the state of political affairs in the country at this time and the prospects for a wider environment in which business on the whole can thrive.