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Page 1: Joint Manifesto 2015...Joint Manifesto 2015 A Good Life for All Guyanese The Cummingsburg Accord 4 Healing and reconciliation 7 Our Goals 8 Foundations for Development 9 Governance
Page 2: Joint Manifesto 2015...Joint Manifesto 2015 A Good Life for All Guyanese The Cummingsburg Accord 4 Healing and reconciliation 7 Our Goals 8 Foundations for Development 9 Governance

Joint Manifesto 2015

A Good Life for All Guyanese

Page 3: Joint Manifesto 2015...Joint Manifesto 2015 A Good Life for All Guyanese The Cummingsburg Accord 4 Healing and reconciliation 7 Our Goals 8 Foundations for Development 9 Governance

The Cummingsburg Accord 4Healing and reconciliation 7 Our Goals 8Foundations for Development 9Governance 12Constitutional Reform 14Public Safety and Security 157UDI¿F�0DQDJHPHQW�DQG�5RDG�6DIHW\� � � � � ��Women and Gender Equality 18Youth Policy 20Senior Citizens 21Education 22Health and Nutrition 23Housing Policy 24Sports and Recreation 25Cultural Policy 26Natural Resources and the environment 27Agriculture 28Hinterland Development 32Tourism 35Information & Communication Technology 36(PSOR\PHQW�0D[LPLVDWLRQ��3RYHUW\�5HGXFWLRQ�DQGIncome Distribution 38Foreign Relations 420RUDO�5H�%XLOGLQJ� � � � � � � � ��&RQFOXVLRQ��$�&20021�&$86(� � � � � � ��� �

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APNU + AFC Joint Manifesto 2015

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THE CUMMINGSBURG ACCORDBETWEEN

A PARTNERSHIP FOR NATIONAL UNITY (APNU)AND

THE ALLIANCE FOR CHANGE (AFC)

PurposeThe purpose of this Accord is to establish the framework within which the signatories undertake the arrangement of the VWUXFWXUH� DQG� SULRULWLHV� RI� D� QHZ� JRYHUQPHQW�ZKLFK�ZLOO� EH� D� JRYHUQPHQW� RI� QDWLRQDO� XQLW\��7KLV� SURSRVHG� IUDPHZRUN� LV�VXSSRUWHG�DQG�SUHVHQWHG�WR�WKH�*X\DQHVH�SXEOLF�E\�D�EURDG�EDVHG��PXOWL�HWKQLF�$OOLDQFH�FRPSULVLQJ�SROLWLFDO�SDUWLHV��FLYLO�VRFLHW\�JURXSV��RUJDQL]DWLRQV�DQG�LQGLYLGXDO�FLWL]HQV�

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FOUNDATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT

Below are our fourteen interconnected Foundations for Development. It must beemphasisedthat these forndations are all equally important and must be implemented simultaneously.

Foundation 1: An Economy driven by the Private Sector, the State and Cooperatives $318�$)&�DVSLUHV��WR��DFKLHYH��UDSLG��HFRQRPLF��JURZWK��DQG��OHDG��*X\DQD��WR��EHFRPLQJ��WKH��6LQJDSRUH��RI��WKH��$PHULFDV�WKURXJK�WKH�FUHDWLRQ�RI�PRUH��MREV���EHWWHU�SD\�WKURXJK�GHYHORSPHQW�GULYHQ�E\�WKH�SULYDWH�VHFWRU�LQ�FRPELQDWLRQ�ZLWK�WKH�VWDWH�DQG�FRRSHUDWLYHV��

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