Should it get into office, in its first 100 days, the APNU+AFC alliance will reduce the Berbice Bridge toll and increase salaries for government workers including nurses and teachers as well as examine the reduction of the President’s pension, according to the coalition’s Manifesto released yesterday.
In its ‘Action Programme for the first 100 days,’ the alliance says that it will reduce the Berbice bridge toll and well as significantly increase the salaries of government workers including nurses, teachers in primary, secondary and tertiary education; security personnel; and civil servants on the traditional payroll. It also commits to “significant increases in old age pensions” and says that reduction of the president’s pension and other benefits will be recommended and referred to a Special Select Committee of the National Assembly for determination.
Further, the manifesto says that the coalition will immediately implement a phased reduction of VAT and the