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All contractors under the National Reforestation and Watershed Programme have been terminated with immediate effect.

According to reports, that accounts for 4608 people under that programme who are now placed on the breadline.

The Opposition addressed the issue at a Press Conference on Wednesday evening.

Alicia Boucher has the details.
Transcript
00:00A notice dated July 2nd was sent out to contractors of the National Reforestation and Watershed Program
00:06by the Ministry of Rural Development and local government, informing them of their immediate termination.
00:12The notice to at least one contractor stated that payment in lieu of 30 days notice will be processed and remitted.
00:20It also gave a direction for all property belonging to the ministry to be returned within a period of seven days after receiving the notice.
00:28Public Relations Officer of the People's National Movement and former Minister of Local Government Faris Al-Rawi says
00:34the party received information of that nature last Sunday and on July 1st, the manager of the reforestation program was dismissed.
00:44And today at Wednesday, the CEO of the Forestry Division was instructed by the Minister of Finance as Corporation Soul
00:56to dismiss immediately all forestry contractors.
01:03That was met with the same formula approach used in CPEP.
01:08When compounded, Al-Rawi says nearly 20,000 people are on the breadline.
01:13In less than two months of the UNC's government, you now have 19,810 unemployed, fire, not renewed.
01:2510,700 CPEP workers, 4,608 forestry workers, 140 change agents in the Rural Development Ministry,
01:35400 workers at WASA, 700 workers being COVID employees, as we are told, from the RHAs.
01:45I won't name which one because people are fearful of being whistleblowers.
01:49Another 900 at another RHA.
01:53Added to that, Al-Rawi says, 10 executives of WASA,
01:5710 at the Office of the Attorney General,
01:59and a central bank governor, Dr. Alvin Hilaire.
02:02He states that it comprises direct termination and the non-renewal of contracts.
02:09But I add to that, 2,341 interns at the HTC.
02:15Al-Rawi says it is a very unusual situation in that the instructions are coming from the Minister of Finance as Corporation Soul
02:23to the various CEOs to terminate workers.
02:26He further believes that the UNC's allegations to which these actions are being taken are unsubstantiated.
02:34How does a Minister of Government come to the population and give facts with no space or time for investigation?
02:43It is beyond the laws of physics for anybody to come and tell us that they could have come to a conclusion in law
02:51based upon facts within two days of being in government or one week of being in government.
02:57The opposition is calling it tyranny and says it will be taking action.
03:01There will be further action. There will be legal action.
03:04There will be other forms of engaged, responsible action by the opposition.
03:09But today is the day that you know it's not yellow is the code, but yellow is the curse.
03:13Because it has to be a curse.
03:16Alicia Boucher, TV6 News.
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