Heads of the Cham­bers of Com­merce in Ch­agua­nas have sug­gest­ed that po­lit­i­cal par­ties ap­point al­der­men from the busi­ness com­mu­ni­ty.

Mukesh Ram­s­ingh, the pres­i­dent of the Cou­va-Point Lisas Cham­ber of Com­merce, said hav­ing an al­der­man on board a re­gion­al body would be a plus when it comes to mak­ing de­ci­sions of the coun­cil that would im­pact lo­cal busi­ness­es.

Ram­s­ingh said the lead­er­ship of a re­gion­al body should change every time a new coun­cil is elect­ed to al­low for new ideas to breathe and to keep down nepo­tism. Ram­s­ingh said the head of the Cou­va/Tabaquite/Tal­paro Re­gion­al Cor­po­ra­tion in­vites the CPLCC to par­tic­i­pate when they have dis­cus­sions per­tain­ing to projects.

He added, “The sys­tem of putting an al­der­man should re­al­ly shift from ap­point­ing a par­ty ac­tivist who serves as a par­ty over­seer to one where we have per­sons from var­i­ous in­ter­est groups as busi­ness, re­li­gion and sports tak­ing part in the de­ci­sion-mak­ing process of the coun­cil when it comes to bring­ing ser­vices to the peo­ple.”

Bal­dath Ma­haraj, pres­i­dent of the Ch­agua­nas Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce said, “We would like the po­lit­i­cal par­ties to en­sure that in ap­point­ing a may­or his/her busi­ness acu­men with­in the bound­aries should be con­sid­ered.”