Responding to public calls from the opposition for a higher percentage of revenue from the carbon credits deal to go towards Amerindian communities, President Irfaan Ali yesterday said that his government has consistently provided support to the livelihoods of indigenous people.
In his Sunday morning nationwide address, broadcast through his Facebook page, Ali questioned the rationale behind the call at this point and accused the APNU+AFC coalition of failing, while in government, to implement any measures for the betterment of indigenous people.
“I want to address this issue where I saw the 15% from the Hess Carbon Credit agreement that is going to the Amerindian communities… the APNU+AFC [is] calling for it to be more. We have always, consistently, given the Amerindian communities more,” Ali said.