The Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress Gov­ern­ment is stick­ing to its promise not to in­crease elec­tric­i­ty rates, thus far.

This was re­it­er­at­ed by Min­is­ter of Pub­lic Util­i­ties Bar­ry Padarath, who told Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day that the Gov­ern­ment would hold true to its promise it made on the cam­paign trail not to raise elec­tric­i­ty rates at this time.

“In the lead-up to the gen­er­al elec­tion, Mrs Bisses­sar-Per­sad, Prime Min­is­ter, had ad­dressed these is­sues as it re­lates to pub­lic util­i­ties. We took the po­si­tion then that at this time, there would be no move by the in­com­ing ad­min­is­tra­tion to in­crease any rates, whether it be wa­ter or elec­tric­i­ty. We hold true to that po­si­tion that we promised the elec­torate,” Padarath said.