APNU can solve the county’s problems and restore its pride

Oct 23, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
To understand why Brigadier David Granger is the right person to lead Guyana into the future, one just has to look at what took place under the PPP regime in the past twelve years. Granger who was head of the GDF for a number of years has the experience and knowledge to become a far better President than the fly by night economist from Patrice Lumumba University.
Granger has the security experience to solve crime and the decency to wipe out corruption. Those who know Granger know that his no-nonsense approach to politics coupled with his flawless character will not allow him to tolerate any type of corruption or crookedness. He is a dignified human being.
Under the PPP, borrowing is out of control, crime has skyrocketed, corruption increased ten-fold, morals and ethics have disintegrated, respect for the people and the constitution have degenerated, and cronyism and nepotism are the determining factors behind decision making.
Operations of the country’s institutions faltered, services failed, education and health care deteriorated, people’s confidence crumbled, hopelessness increased and poverty among the poor rose significantly to its highest level. Perhaps worst of all, there was a sense that the days of greatness were in the past for Guyana as the less fortunate Guyanese became fearful of a dismal future.
Beyond the nuts and bolts, David Granger and APNU have a vibrant economic and human development plan for Guyana that will move the country forward, restore hope and lift the spirits of the people beyond the stale, fearful mantras that froze them in the last twelve years.
Included in his plan for a prosperous Guyana are unity and human development, the creation of jobs, provide sound education and health care programmes, good housing that young adults and those in need could love and afford, an end to crime and corruption and good and transparent governance.
We believe that APNU has the vision, vigor and experience needed to solve the country’s problems and restore its pride.
After 21 years in office, the PPP term has brought mixed results in terms of economic and human development, far less than what the PNC had achieved during the same period. The PPP regime greatest success has been the building of the Berbice Bridge, the National Stadium, the incomplete Marriott Hotel, the UG campus at Tain, on the Corentyne and the widening of the East Bank Demerara Public road.
In the midst of this, there were major economic and financial failures such as the white elephant sugar factory at Skeldon that has cost the taxpayers over US$230 million and the idle sugar packaging plant at Enmore. The PPP has made no significant progress to corral the country’s main problems such as the collapsing education and health care systems, the constant blackouts by GPL, increased corruption and crime and a growing drug trade, where the drug barons are in control of the regime.
They have built mansions at Pradoville one and two for themselves and wealthy friends and have created a new and dynamic system of how to use the state resources for personal gains while the poor and the working class continue to suffer. This regime is considered the most corrupt in the Caribbean.
It is an indisputable fact that the PNC is responsible for the construction of the Demerara Harbor Bridge, the Canje Bridge, the Soesdyke-Lynden highway, the Corentyne highway, the widening of the East Coast highway to Plaisance (Rupert Craig highway) the UG Campus at Turkeyen, the President’s College, Critchlow Labor College, Guyana School of Agriculture, the National Cultural Center, the National Park, and the Presidential Complex among others.
The PNC also provided free university education at UG and established the Caribbean regional exam-CXC, the National Service, and four new municipalities at Corriverton, Rose Hall Town, Linden, and Anna Regina. The trump card of the PNC achievements was the establishment of CARIFTA in 1973, the forerunner of CARICOM.
No one in his right mind can deny the success of the PNC.
Dr. Asquith Rose and Chandra Deollal, Esq.

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