ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC—A brand new session of Grenada’s Parliament started right here on Friday, with Governor Normal Dame Cecile La Grenade outlining the legislative agenda of the Dickon Mitchell administration for the subsequent parliamentary yr.
Delivering the standard Throne Speech, the Head of State mentioned that the agenda will embody repealing and changing the prevailing procurement laws and introducing new laws for pension reform, deposit insurance coverage, and vitality effectivity.
“Within the upcoming session of Parliament, my authorities will prioritize a legislative agenda targeted on fostering financial resilience, advancing social fairness, and combating local weather change. A few of the key initiatives will embody new procurement laws, vitality effectivity laws, deposit insurance coverage laws, and Pension Reform laws,” she instructed the joint sitting of the Parliament.
Dame Cecile mentioned the upcoming price range, laid earlier than Parliament, will comprise extra particulars of the federal government’s insurance policies, tasks, and packages for the forthcoming parliamentary yr’s finish.
Finance Minister Dennis Cornwall, chatting with reporters following the ceremonial opening of the Parliament, mentioned {that a} date has but to be set for the presentation of the 2025 price range.
The price range is historically introduced on the final Friday in November or in the course of the first week of December. Whatever the date it’s introduced, it should be accepted and printed within the gazette by December 31.
The Governor Normal instructed legislators that relating to nationwide safety, the preservation of public peace and security stays a big precedence for the federal government.
“We’ll proceed to pursue insurance policies that discourage crime and anti[1]social conduct, whereas on the similar time protecting our no-nonsense method to crime, particularly, gun and firearms-related crime.
“We’ll proceed to assist our police and jail officers by offering higher tools and upgrading their services. My authorities may also start the jail reform course of, together with figuring out land for and the modeling for a brand new jail,” Dame Cecile added.
The theme for the 2024/2025 session of Parliament is “Unifying our focus towards Imaginative and prescient 75.” The Governor Normal mentioned the federal government will embark on a journey to reconstruct, revitalize, and renew its resolve to remodel the nation.
“Our intention isn’t just to exchange misplaced or broken social and financial belongings, however to construct again higher and extra resilient,” she mentioned, including that the theme is deeply rooted in Grenada 2035 nationwide plan that describes Grenada as “a resilient and affluent nation, with a aware and caring citizenry, selling human dignity, and realizing its full potential by means of sustainable financial, social, and environmental progress for all.”
The Governor Normal mentioned that following Hurricane Beryl’s passage in July, the nation is not going to merely deal with rebuilding what was misplaced however on laying the inspiration for a stronger, extra resilient future.
“Accordingly, on this session of Parliament, my Authorities will deal with rebuilding a extra resilient Carriacou and Petite Martinique whereas advancing the Authorities’s transformative agenda,” she mentioned.
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