SHAR­LENE RAM­PER­SAD

Trade and In­dus­try Min­is­ter Paula Gopee-Scoon has promised to up­date the pop­u­la­tion “soon” on her promise to in­tro­duce mea­sures that could make the in­crease in the price of flour eas­i­er for cit­i­zens to bear.

In a brief state­ment to Guardian Me­dia on Wednes­day, Gopee-Scoon said the Gov­ern­ment has been busy as it has been dou­bling up on Par­lia­ment sit­tings as the ses­sions come to a close.

At a post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing two weeks ago, Gopee-Scoon said the Gov­ern­ment was aware of the hard­ships fac­ing cit­i­zens and would try to as­sist.

Her state­ment came just days af­ter an an­nounce­ment by the Na­tion­al Flour Mills that prices would in­crease by 33 per cent due to glob­al wheat short­ages and sup­ply chain dis­rup­tions.

At that time, Gopee-Scoon was speak­ing dur­ing a post-Cab­i­net me­dia brief­ing. She promised to come back to the pop­u­la­tion with­in two weeks with a so­lu­tion.

“At this stage, we re­alise that we have to try to as­sist es­pe­cial­ly with this very ba­sic item, the Min­istry of Fi­nance, the rest of the Gov­ern­ment, the Cab­i­net, we are re­view­ing what the pos­si­bil­i­ties are but un­der­stand­ing the com­plex­i­ties in de­ter­min­ing what’s the right so­lu­tion,” she said at that time.