Local Government Reform Takes Centre Stage Again

Contact: John Emmanuel

Monday, October 29, 2001 - A critical resurgence of the activities leading up to the implementation of local government on the island is to get underway here this week via a series of community based outreach programmes. Assistant Director of Community Services and Local Government Auguste Gaspard explained that the first meeting carded for Tuesday, October 30, 2001 targets residents in the north in an effort to bring them up to speed, on developments relating to local government.

“The Local Government Reform Project is a brainchild of this (the Labour Party) administration and we anticipated then that we would have this wrapped up and implemented within two years,” said Gaspard. “However as the process unfolds we realized that it’s taking more than we anticipated and that we need to ensure that communities are fully apprised of the process not rushing into it at all.

According to Gaspard the ministry wants the total populace to understand, appreciate and be in tune with the process so that when it is time to implement local government initiatives, everyone would be clear on what they are about.

Local government reform is aimed at empowering communities to take decision on their future.

The October 30 meeting in Babonneau will be followed by a meeting in Anse-La-Raye for residents on the west coat and one is Vieux Fort for residents in the southern portion of the island.

The completion and implementation date for the local government reform process has now been set for early 2002. 

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