Leader of the Liberty and Justice Party (LJP), Lenox Shuman has thrown his support behind the PPP/C government and the recent decision to lease the Enmore facility which housed a sugar packaging plant to Guyson’s.
Shuman, who is a representative of the three-party joinder list in the National Assembly and the Deputy Speaker, issued a press release detailing several factors in support of the deal. Appearing at the top of Shuman’s list is his call for “reformation of our [Guyanese] own attitudes”. Shuman posited that Guyana is on a developmental trajectory, and therefore, “it is important that we understand the requirements for development” and Guyanese “should embrace a vision for [Guyana’s] development”. He said “We recently passed a Local Content Law in Parliament that requires much of us, and we need to occupy that space competently and professionally lest we sign a waiver and see money taken from our share of the revenues and given to others – and complain. It is important that we as a nation understand how underdeveloped Guyana stood for the last 56 years and what it will take to get us to that state of development.”