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Sep 11, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
The letter published on September 6, in the independent media captioned “The argument advanced against the AFC was premised in a false statement” written by Mr. Dominic Gaskin, Treasurer and Executive Member of the Alliance for Change deserves a response. It is our understanding that it was an exchange between individuals on ideas and not about any organization.
Mr. Gaskin took it upon himself to wrap himself in the AFC flag. The title of the letter tells us that he speaks on behalf of the AFC on the flawed Amalia project.
We believe that this is not about the AFC, it is about Gaskin’s opaque advocacy for a project that even the Chairman of the AFC confessed in the AFC column on September 8, 2013 that “The AFC believes that this Project was handled badly from the inception, with no formal project document being laid in the National Assembly, and no attempt made to seek early political consensus.”
The AFC chairman’s statement has made it very clear that Gaskin is speaking blindly on a project he knows very little about and has broken ranks from his party.  And in doing so, he has damaged his party’s reputation and image with the public.
He is even willing to engage in spurious personal attacks which all serve as a smokescreen as he pushes the now famous PPP propaganda line – which sounds a lot like the now dead Brassington Deal was good for Guyana.
It is clear that Mr. Gaskin does not care about the interest of the poor and the working class of Guyana but about those of his friends in the business community and the few diplomats that he met along the way.  Well for his information, his misinformed position has actually taken votes from the AFC.
Many are asking the question, who does Gaskin really represent in Guyanese politics, the masses or his business colleagues in the Private Sector Commission?
As long as Mr. Gaskin or any entity which he is associated with project themselves that this Brassington Deal is good for Guyana, they would not be taken seriously in the up-coming local government elections and the results will reveal whether the Guyanese people are willing to take Mr. Gaskin as a serious member of the AFC or the class joker? Time will tell.
Either way, Gaskin has made it very clear that he does not pander to polls and he does not care about the poor and the working class in Guyana because his position is that he is prepared for any increases in electrical tariffs to have hydro-power. In other words, he is saying Amalia yes, no matter the cost to the taxpayers.
The information now emerging from the accountant specialists, Chris Ram and Ramon Gaskin and the esteemed economics Professor, Dr. Clive Thomas, reveals that Gaskin’s views on the Amaila project are dead wrong and instead he admits and moves on, he continues to take his party into the wilderness. Just like the PPP cabal, Gaskin cannot handle the truth.
Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh

 

 

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