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A lopsided view
Dear Editor,
The statement by Leader of the opposition, David Granger, that, ‘no impact has yet been seen from cuts to the 2013 budget’ is certainly descriptive of someone who is out- of-touch with reality or has a preference for willful ignorance.
Granger ought to be familiar with the negative effects of the budget cuts to the society, given his 2011 elections promise of a better life for all Guyanese.
An approximate forty-four (44) employees of the Government Information Services (GINA) have not received their salaries since the 2013 budget cuts by the combined opposition parties in parliament APNU and AFC. Many of these, young enterprising Guyanese have family commitments and obligations to financial institutions to which they owe mortgages and installments on household items.
Over the weekend, the Guyana Power and Light Company (GPL) announced a 26.7% percent increase in electricity rates for its consumers, directly related to the opposition budget cuts to GPL.
There are many other negative impacts as a result of these opposition-imposed budget cuts, the loss of job opportunities for Guyanese, loss of increased revenues flow, loss of enhanced and modern infrastructure, loss of opportunities for tourism expansion, among others. The prices of goods and services, most of which have a bearing on electricity would also skyrocket as businesses would be forced to meet their demands of increased electricity rates.
It is rather unfortunate that Granger as opposition leader does not understand the negative effects of their reckless actions.
In actuality, the opposition actions since the 2011 elections have been directed at frustrating the Government’s development initiatives, subverting democracy and unleashing its agenda of spite, hate and revenge.
Kwame Mc Coy
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