The People’s Partnership (PP) has promised 19 items to be delivered in its “First 100 Days of Government” if it wins the September 7 general election.
These include taking action to establish a financially independent judiciary and collaborative action to solve the problem of homelessness in a humane but effective manner. The PP also promised to set up a programme for the distribution of laptops to first-time university students and tablets to primary school pupils. This programme will begin in 2016.
It will also expedite action to make the Procurement Bill operational and begin the practice of referring all complex bills to a joint select committee, prior to commencement of debate.
It will start the process of establishing a comprehensive health insurance system in collaboration with the private sector. The manifesto also promises to establish a research regime which is more solution-oriented, to achieve specific objectives in meeting the country’s needs and its development goals.
In 2010, the PP listed 32 promises as part of a 120-day immediate action plan in its 76-page Prosperity For All Manifesto.
On Friday, Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar launched the PP’s 2015 manifesto at the Aranguez North Secondary School.
The 112-page document also listed the PP’s “10 Flagship Projects For Action.”
Plans include the establishment of dry-docking facilities in La Brea, a medical tourism hospital along the East-West Corridor, designation of Tobago as a duty-free port, and development of a marina.
Other manifesto promises include establishing a coastguard base at Charlotteville; developing a programme for incarcerated gang members that encourages them to renounce their membership; expanding and institutionalising the Children’s Life Fund; providing oversight for a National Sports Fund; establishment of a National Endowment Fund, as well as launching Help International to provide loan financing to citizens pursuing international undergraduate degrees and postgraduate studies.