President Irfaan Ali last evening announced in New Amsterdam that all taxes on cell phones will be removed as he made a strong plea to residents of the town to vote for the PPP/C on Monday at the Local Government Elections.
Ali speaking to one of the largest crowds at a PPP/C meeting in New Amsterdam stated that “We have continuously said that we want to bridge the divide in this country, we want to ensure that there is an equitable platform on which people can transform themselves, one of the important things about the future is the use of technology.”
Stressing that a cellphone is an integral part of the transformation of a country and a device that people use daily for personal and business purposes, he said with the government already removing the Value Added Tax on data “we are now going to remove all the taxes from phones in the country so that you can buy it tax-free.”
He announced to the screaming crowd “All the tax that is on the device will be removed.” This he said will be effective from Monday. “All the taxes on cellphones is removed”, he stressed.
According to Ali, his party has been meeting and listening to people on the ground, and based on this a programme will commence next year to ensure that streetlights are placed on every street within the communities and regions countrywide.
“The plans we have for New Amsterdam will ensure New Amsterdam is not only sustainable but New Amsterdam will be vibrant with commerce, business, young people, the elderly, women, everyone involved in the transformation of New Amsterdam under the People’s Progressive Party/Civic”, he declared.
Touching on the region specifically, Ali said that in the last three years, they have allocated almost 2,000 new house lots in Region Six “and in the coming years we are going to work with you using local contractors, local builders, local labour in building 1000 homes for the people of Region Six.”
Additionally, he said that all streets will be done within the township as well, as he told the energetic gathering that a vote for the PPP/C is a vote for themselves, their children, and their communities.
“In the interest of our families, in the interest of your children, you are making a decision to put New Amsterdam first, to put your families first, to put your children first, to put the elderly first, and to put this township first and that is why you are voting the People’s Progressive Party/Civic”, he said.
Ali said that the people of New Amsterdam are embracing a political philosophy and system that “fundamentally believes in the people of our country, that fundamentally believes in the unity of the people of our country.”
According to him, after the new commercial district is developed at Palmyra, Corentyne, the support services will come from New Amsterdam. “We are about positive momentum, positive change, we are about the people”, he stated.
Ali pointed out that only recently a new pump was commissioned at Tucberg Park, New Amsterdam, and that during that visit he instructed that a mobile pump be placed at the other end of New Amster-dam “to help you drain New Amsterdam when the rain falls.”
“This town is under their (APNU) control for over sixty years but on June the 12th we will give these people on this stage and those who are contesting in the interest of New Amsterdam their chance to show you what they can do and what we can do”, he declared.
The PPP/C has seen increased support from a number of people within New Amsterdam even some who have been on APNU’s list in the past and as such Ali last evening said, “When they tell you and call you names and tell you about soup drinking tell them it is about your children, it about your family, it is about your community and your country…”
Ali drew screams of support from the crowd throughout last evening’s meeting.
