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Opposition gambling away young peoples’ future

Apr 26, 2013 Letters

 
Dear Editor,
Young people of Guyana, you are the future of this land, but if  your future is being gambled away by those very ones who are supposed to lay the foundations of that future and who promised to secure your future, then what kind of a future can you look forward to?
As if eliminating from the proposed national budget resources allocated for the construction of a premier medical facility in Guyana is not enough, has not put a large enough dent on your future, the political opposition has now eliminated from the budget provisions for the financing of a new and modern airport.
It is said that with age and experience comes wisdom, but the political opposition led by Mr. Granger, Mr. Greenidge, Mr. Ramjattan,  Mr. Moses Nagamootoo and Mr. Roopnaraine,  has just proved that saying wrong. Maybe the other saying, that is, grey hair is not a sign of wisdom but one of old age best describes them since this would imply the presence of all the incapacities that come with age. Chief among them of course is impairment of cognitive functions.
If this does not represent a rational explanation of their actions or if it is not true, which I think is the case, then the only explanation left is that they are deliberately acting in an irrational and vindictive way. An appropriate Guyanese proverb then would be “bull cow a fight a pasture, grass a trample.”
How else can anyone make sense of the political opposition assault of the national budget in the Parliament, wiping out major development projects?
I am therefore calling on the young people of this dear land of ours, the future of this dear land, to wake-up! The political opposition, out of vindictiveness is gambling away your future.  Men like Granger and Greenidge, under the PNC government have already gambled away the future of two generations of Guyanese and now they are gambling away your future and your children’s future. It is your duty and obligation to stop them now.
After destroying foundations laid by the PPP in the 1950s and their continuous destruction of the county for 28 years, forcing half the population of all races to flee this beautiful land, the PPP has once again struggled and rebuild it. Don’t let the PNC and AFC opposition destroy it again. You are intelligent enough to understand what the consequences will be.
It is understandable that many of you mistake the colour of their hair as a sure sign of wisdom and that they would act wisely in your best interest and the best interest of the nation.
I would also like to issue a public challenge to those learned folks of the Institute of Developmental Studies at the University of Guyana, to make an objective and public pronouncement on whether the two projects eliminated from the budget by the political opposition are beneficial to Guyana and if in their opinion they were intelligently debated in Parliament and if the reasons given by the opposition for their elimination are valid.
Young people of Guyana, secure your future and the future of your motherland – make your voice heard, safeguard your future. You now hold the key. The ball is firmly in your court; you either play it well and secure your future or live to regret it.
Sundar Nauth

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