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New Trinidad Tobago Government Manifesto - Trinidad, Tobago / Caribbean - Posted: 29th Jun, 2010 - 11:14pm
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120 Days to accomplish these items.
New Trinidad & Tobago Government Manifesto
New Trinidad & Tobago Government Manifesto
I started this Thread so we can track how long it will take the New Trinidad & Tobago Government to complete these items below:
QUOTE 1. Every child going on to secondary school from the SEA will be provided with a laptop to begin their secondary school education.
2. We will begin addressing the issue of securing and expanding GATE.
3. We will rescind the property tax.
4. We will establish a working committee to review all programmes targeted at poverty alleviation and social support to make recommendations to:
a. Strengthen synergy, reach and impact through rationalisation and integration
b. Help households to step up to prosperity and to reduce the number of people classified as poor by 2% each year.
5. We will begin an aggressive programme to fix all leaks in WASA's pipelines, and establish an emergency response unit for monitoring system dysfunction, unplanned disruptions and crisis management.
6. We will coordinate integrated action on water resources management, drainage, irrigation,
flooding, water capture, conservation, sustainable food production and food security through
synergistic deployment of human resources and equipment under state control in collaboration with private contractors.
7. In partnership with CBOs and NGOs our government will release appropriate resources
from the Green Fund to reforest areas that were burnt during the past dry season.
8. We will simultaneously begin the rehabilitation and paving of existing access roads and
construction of new ones.
9. We will begin the process of establishing a Ministry of the People.
10. We will begin a review process for the minimum wage.
11. We will prepare an immediate action plan for containing criminal activities and reducing the number of murders - this first phase will be from June 2010 to December 2010.
12. We will begin to identify and address the fundamental challenges to the effective management of law and order.
13. We will deploy police on the streets, on the beat and in the communities and increase police presence everywhere.
14. We will initiate a process to make every police station a centre for crime containment and reduction, crime fighting, community policing, statistical information gathering and communication linked to the National Operations centre and we will establish five (5) model stations as the pilot.
15. We will begin the process of reviewing the laws and institutions, which address white-collar crime with a view to strengthening the laws.
16. We will strengthen the National Security Council to link intelligence gathering and assessment with strategy and execution in crime fighting.
17. We will replace the Senior Citizens" Grant with Old Age Pension and increase it to $3,000.
18. We will look at the immediate challenges of each hospital and determine what needs to be done to make an immediate difference in the lives of citizens seeking care and we will act immediately on these - whether it is 50 more beds in a hospital, a vital piece of much-needed equipment or improving the effectiveness of delivery of emergency patient care.
19. We will establish a LIFE fund for life-saving surgery for children ($100m). This fund will be
administered by an independent board in a fair, equitable, transparent and accountable manner.
20. We will begin the introduction of camera technology at traffic lights and set into motion an
efficient system of ticketing offenders.
21. Each minister will be required to present a one-year action agenda for consideration and
approval by Cabinet after consultation with senior ministerial staff within thirty (30) working days of swearing in. Each ministerial action agenda, once approved, will be included in the next budget.
22. Each ministry will be required to begin work on a five-year strategic plan within the first 60 days for completion by February 2011 within the framework of our manifesto.
24. We will establish a Civil Society Board, to strengthen the voice and influence of NGOs and
civil society organisations.
25. We will initiate consultation to develop a coherent export strategy, an industrial policy linked to knowledge formation and a national services industries competitiveness strategy with key stakeholders.
26. We will initiate a forensic audit of Petrotrin and other state bodies, where there are grounds for suspicion of misconduct similar to what transpired in UDeCOTT.
27. We will establish a legislative agenda, aligned to our one-year action plan to establish the sequence of flow of bills to Parliament in the first year.
28. We will establish a timetable for constitution reform beginning with consultations.
29. We will work with the Central Bank, CSO and the public service to determine the true condition of the country's finances and the state of the economy and the condition of projects to share that information with our citizens.
30. Within the 120-day period, we will also share with our citizens our priorities for action during our first budgetary period.
31. We will formulate a project plan for completion of all infrastructural projects currently in train in Tobago.
32. We will establish a Ways and Means Committee to formulate a project plan on a phased basis to make all government public services more accessible to residents of Tobago.
2. We will begin addressing the issue of securing and expanding GATE.
3. We will rescind the property tax.
4. We will establish a working committee to review all programmes targeted at poverty alleviation and social support to make recommendations to:
a. Strengthen synergy, reach and impact through rationalisation and integration
b. Help households to step up to prosperity and to reduce the number of people classified as poor by 2% each year.
5. We will begin an aggressive programme to fix all leaks in WASA's pipelines, and establish an emergency response unit for monitoring system dysfunction, unplanned disruptions and crisis management.
6. We will coordinate integrated action on water resources management, drainage, irrigation,
flooding, water capture, conservation, sustainable food production and food security through
synergistic deployment of human resources and equipment under state control in collaboration with private contractors.
7. In partnership with CBOs and NGOs our government will release appropriate resources
from the Green Fund to reforest areas that were burnt during the past dry season.
8. We will simultaneously begin the rehabilitation and paving of existing access roads and
construction of new ones.
9. We will begin the process of establishing a Ministry of the People.
10. We will begin a review process for the minimum wage.
11. We will prepare an immediate action plan for containing criminal activities and reducing the number of murders - this first phase will be from June 2010 to December 2010.
12. We will begin to identify and address the fundamental challenges to the effective management of law and order.
13. We will deploy police on the streets, on the beat and in the communities and increase police presence everywhere.
14. We will initiate a process to make every police station a centre for crime containment and reduction, crime fighting, community policing, statistical information gathering and communication linked to the National Operations centre and we will establish five (5) model stations as the pilot.
15. We will begin the process of reviewing the laws and institutions, which address white-collar crime with a view to strengthening the laws.
16. We will strengthen the National Security Council to link intelligence gathering and assessment with strategy and execution in crime fighting.
17. We will replace the Senior Citizens" Grant with Old Age Pension and increase it to $3,000.
18. We will look at the immediate challenges of each hospital and determine what needs to be done to make an immediate difference in the lives of citizens seeking care and we will act immediately on these - whether it is 50 more beds in a hospital, a vital piece of much-needed equipment or improving the effectiveness of delivery of emergency patient care.
19. We will establish a LIFE fund for life-saving surgery for children ($100m). This fund will be
administered by an independent board in a fair, equitable, transparent and accountable manner.
20. We will begin the introduction of camera technology at traffic lights and set into motion an
efficient system of ticketing offenders.
21. Each minister will be required to present a one-year action agenda for consideration and
approval by Cabinet after consultation with senior ministerial staff within thirty (30) working days of swearing in. Each ministerial action agenda, once approved, will be included in the next budget.
22. Each ministry will be required to begin work on a five-year strategic plan within the first 60 days for completion by February 2011 within the framework of our manifesto.
24. We will establish a Civil Society Board, to strengthen the voice and influence of NGOs and
civil society organisations.
25. We will initiate consultation to develop a coherent export strategy, an industrial policy linked to knowledge formation and a national services industries competitiveness strategy with key stakeholders.
26. We will initiate a forensic audit of Petrotrin and other state bodies, where there are grounds for suspicion of misconduct similar to what transpired in UDeCOTT.
27. We will establish a legislative agenda, aligned to our one-year action plan to establish the sequence of flow of bills to Parliament in the first year.
28. We will establish a timetable for constitution reform beginning with consultations.
29. We will work with the Central Bank, CSO and the public service to determine the true condition of the country's finances and the state of the economy and the condition of projects to share that information with our citizens.
30. Within the 120-day period, we will also share with our citizens our priorities for action during our first budgetary period.
31. We will formulate a project plan for completion of all infrastructural projects currently in train in Tobago.
32. We will establish a Ways and Means Committee to formulate a project plan on a phased basis to make all government public services more accessible to residents of Tobago.
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Thus far they have kept their promise with the handing out funds for children in need of medical attention abroad. One child in Trinidad and another in Tobago in dire need received their cheques. Unfortunately, one of the children waiting since 2006 under the PNM administration died before being able to receive the important cheque given out today.
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