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The government agency chides the opposition
Dear Editor,
It is with amazement that I read the AFC statement that there will be national unrest if there is an increase in electricity tariffs. It is as if an arsonist who has lit his house on fire is exclaiming aloud that there will be problems if he becomes homeless.
The A.F.C and A.P.N.U together, cut billions of dollars which the Government provided as subsidies for G.P.L. It was made loud and clear that these subsidies were provided to prevent either an increase in electricity tariffs or, bouts of prolonged blackouts. The joint opposition intentionally and maliciously ignored these warnings and proceeded to cut the subsidies from the budget. Immediately, G.P.L. announced that it has one of two options: increased blackouts or increased tariffs.
I suppose they chose the latter. It is simply wicked for the A.F.C to now pretend that it is surprised by this electricity tariff increase.
One cannot also discount the role that the opposition played in ensuring that the government was unable to increase, in any form, electricity tariffs for Region Ten, further adding to G.P.L’s financial woes. We all know the role that they played in encouraging and misleading persons to protest, causing loss of life, personal injury and hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to property.
The State was further burdened when it was forced to set up a Commission of Inquiry costing taxpayers over $120 million and additional hundreds of millions of dollars in compensation of state property.
So yes, I agree that there may be national unrest but the A.F.C and A.P.N.U must accept responsibility for it. They must now tell every G.P.L consumer where to find the money to pay this increase in tariffs. They must not be allowed to run and hide like cowards when the stuff hits the fan. If they are leaders, they must now come out and lead the people from this dilemma in which they have the placed the people in.
Stephen Kissoon
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