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We have learnt nothing
Dear Editor,
On Saturday 7th June, 2013 the Guyana Power and Light made a very inhumane and ridiculous announcement in the increase of electricity bills by a whopping 26.7%. Is the management of GPL serious? If the answer is no then this must be the joke of the century. This government has refused to give public servants no more than five per cent increase and now the GPL which is an arm of the Government is trying to saddle the Guyanese public with such an astronomical increase.
Why is it that we should be paying for the gross incompetence or mismanagement by the hierarchy of the GPL? What happened with public consultations? I think that it is about time that the opposition parties step up their game and start questioning the likes of Winston Brassington, Bharat Dindial, Ashiswar Deonarine etc and find out from them about the real and entire operations of the GPL.
With or without Government’s subsidy we are still going to have long and recurring periods of blackout. People’s electrical equipments will still continue to be damaged and of course they will never be compensated.
Yesterday when it was Linden and the Lindeners stood up and fought for what they believed in we felt that they were being unreasonable in their quest but now that the shoe is on the other foot we think differently.
Linden is just a small town but our population on the coastland is about 10 times more and if such a small group can come together and stand up for what they believe in then I think that we can do the same. However we must not resort to violence or blocked roads. Whatever course of action we deem fit it must be quiet and peaceful.
It is about that we stand up against this gross advantage. Yesterday it was Linden now tomorrow it is Georgetown and I’m surprised that this Government learned nothing from the Linden fiasco.
Randy Persaud
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