What is the real problem regarding basic necessities?
(Question sent on Feb.14 from a viewer in Guyana) Willy Bracciano: On February 12, and before his return to Paris, France’s Overseas Territories Minister Yves Jego presented 39 proposals which he submitted to the union organization umbrella of “February 5”, which is protesting “against the high cost of living and for more jobs”. Among these proposals is one lowering prices on the first hundred most basic necessities by 20 percent, by the end of February – a proposal the collective seemed to have obtained on February 10, during negotiations in the prefecture. After Jego’s departure, prefect Ange Mancini was charged with continuing the discussions with the collective so as to sign a protocol agreement. But until today the discussions have come to nothing on the issue of the one hundred most basic necessities. The collective demands a reduction in price of 20 percent on families of products. In other words, for example, they want the reduction to apply to all brands of rice, not just one
