This evening the Chamber of Commerce and Industry issued a release on the ongoing impasse in the sugar industry. It sort of sounds like they're on the side of the factory owners - and not the BSCFA, but, truly, it's hard to tell.
The statement notes that quote, "each and every cane farmer has a constitutional right to negotiate on his own behalf." Ok. So that sounds like it favors ASR, right? After all they're the ones inviting farmers to sign an independent agreement.
The next bullet point on the release talks about Foreign Direct Investment to, quote, "finance economic growth with investors' money." Ok, that's two points for ASR.
Bullet point number #3 talks about the social and economic perils of a failed foreign investment. Another one for ASR.
But then, instead of bringing it to a neat conclusion endorsing ASR's position, the fourth point goes completely off track saying quote, "Direct stakeholders in the Sugar Industry must be responsible in their decision making…" And if that wasn't vague enough, the release goes unto make some oblique reference to the PUDP, saying, quote, "The BCCI calls upon both political parties to dialogue in a responsible and bipartisan manner..."
No idea what that's referring to since the political parties are observers on this one, and the release ends clumsily by saying, quote, "Calm and reason must prevail throughout if this Industry is to survive."
Email
Print