The National Democratic Congress once again has proven to be incompetent and deceitful. This incompetence revealed itself when the NDC and its associates presented ‘a stimulus package’ at the trade-center on Tuesday 31st March 2009. The NDC administration took pleasure blitzing the nation’s airways, giving the people high expectation about a “Stimulus Package” to be announced. One cannot help asking, what was the reason for announcing the stimulus package at the time it was announced? Is it because of the economic situation or is it because the people of Grenada condemned the Government’s decision to borrow 20 million dollars from local banks to finance recurrent expenditure? It is clear that the undertaking to present a stimulus package was done to further mislead the people of Grenada, Carriacou and Petite Martinique.. The People of our country are hurting. From all corners they are calling on the government to lead and do something about the stagnant economy. They are calling on the Government to continue the safety net programmes which were started under the NNP administration. They are calling on the Government to discontinue the victimization and the vindictiveness and move on with the governance of the country. If the leadership of the NDC was thinking they would have presented something more real, something more tangible, something that will make a difference for the Grenadian people who are crying and seem to be getting no attention from this administration. Is it the intention of the NDC to put us in a position where we are unable to make informed decisions and are unable to understand what is happening around us? As The Burning Spear said, “ They want us to think stupid, they want us to feel stupid”. The NDC can rest assure that the New National Party will continue to show to all the Grenadian people their modus operandi, which is to deceive the people. It is clear that the team does not understand that despite the fact that they won the last election using lies and propaganda to fool the people, they will not be able to use lies and propaganda to stay in power. They must deliver on the promises. They must meet the needs of the people. With just about thirteen million dollars budgeted for the stimulus package, what is the NDC trying to stimulate? Is it Grenada, Carriacou , Petit Martinique or Hog Island! For a country with a budget of over five hundred million, thirteen million is like a sand fly landing on an elephant, a needle in a haystack or a drop in a bucket. What the Grenadian people were looking for was new monies into the country’s economy. Just a quick glance at the 2009 budget, the so called “stimulus package” will jump right at you. And to add further, it comes from a budget that is already busted. Imagine, the NDC leadership had the audacity to present an excerpt from their 2009 budget and expect it to fly by the Grenadian people as a stimulus package. The reduced debushing programme, a couple buildings being repaired, the European Union sponsored water project negotiated by the NNP administration, the bottom line is, this cannot be referred to as a stimulus package. Instead of saying that we are in a better position than the well off countries, so we only need to take two panadol and a shot of rum (whatever that means), it maybe better to go back to the drawing board and try to reverse the following actions: removal of the safety net programmes, the reduction in the contractors employed in the debushing programme, the sending home of persons in the Imani Programme, the reduction in the number of persons receiving public assistance allowance, unnecessary travelling and spending by Government Ministers, the continued attack on local and foreign investors, the increase in the cost of beach sand, and the continued dismissal of workers who are perceived to be supporters of the NDC. Since Grenadians are still waiting on a stimulus package from the NDC administration, this maybe a good point to start. Source:NNPnews.com (The above article is a perspective of the New National Party. The views/opinions expressed are those of the writer and not necessarily those of the Inside Grenada News team)