Justification to remove Linden’s electricity subsidy had prior approval by the APNU

Apr 14, 2014 Letters

Dear Editor,
It was not public information that Linden enjoyed a subsidy for more than 22 years during the PPP/C and also during the PNC’s 28 years in government. That secret was closely guarded for what reasons? Only after the PPP/C government attempted to ease the nationwide burden was the massive subsidy revealed resulting in the 2012 Linden riots.
But the justification to remove Linden’s electricity subsidy had prior approval by the same PNC-APNU-WPA leadership of Mr David Granger (PNC) and Dr Rupert Roopnarine (WPA) in an agreement with the PPP/C government. Why did black WPA-PNC-AFC extremists subsequently find such fertile ground to demand continued subsidy for only Linden’s black based PNC supporters?
All other Guyanese regardless of color, race religion and what not, did not alltogether matter at that time to Linden’s extremist champions? Does even the rest of nationwide Black Guyanese matter to also get cheaper electricity? Are they rich unlike Linden’s “poor people”? Race only matters to those who are ”possessed” and when the few jumbies so decide.
All other Guyanese regardless of color, religion, intermarriages, friendships and proximity as neighbours supposedly do not count or have any say. Sugar workers nationwide must regardless still work tomorrow to tap into the sugar levy unlike every Lindener who automatically benefits regardless of working or not.
For anyone to croon in delight about the nationwide sugar subsidy providing jobs, earning foreign exchange and ignoring its political, racial and economic repercussions is most pitiful and reprehensible.
How does it compare to validating rioting for Linden’s electricity subsidy? Well, since Linden is all black, race is all that matters. It provides traction for mayhem and proves their point. Can there be any future magnanimous fairness and honesty?
Production of comparable rioting evidence that Indians indeed fought against subsidy for Linden based on race may do the trick. But such evidence simply does not exist. Now we find some 300 sugar workers in 2014 picketing the National Assembly without disturbing the free flow of traffic, brutalizing and robbing people, burning private buildings and schools and without throwing any stones at the police have giving excellent reasons why no one was arrested.
How can political affinity, race, behaviour, education, crowd control, or the race baiting agitation be responsible for any contrasts at both events? What was the role of those WPA and AFC instigators during the 2012 riots like it is still a secret?
In contrast how long has the sugar industry been subsidized especially with AFC- APNU future goals to ensure its demise? Does uyana’s nationwide sugar industry (and workers of all races) have the right to a subsidy? For how long can this last is the big question? Indo Guyanese workers were quickly put to work to stabilize Guyana’s economy right after landing. Even those many freed Black slaves from the Caribbean who came as indentured servants as well as Portuguese and Chinese labours shied away.
Finally when all else failed Indian sugar workers were brought to build the wealth of Guyana. They still continues to do so in contributions to subsidize education and upkeeping Guyana’s growing infrastructure. In the 1970’s the PNC imposed a levy on sugar and skimmed the fat off the profits for “national development” Was any such levy imposed on either Linden or bauxite for national development?
President Barack Obama quickly ensured that American banks and major car and housing industries were adequately subsidised after he was elected in 2008. ( I stood in line for five hours to vote for him!)
However what some champion is subsidy to a community, rather than an industry, only encouraging laziness which can only ultimately create a welfare country. Encouraging Afro Guyanese to remain anchored on handout dependency only continues to keep them mentally shackled and does them no good.
Sooner or later even Guysuco, if it continues to remain needy, must be divested to prevent the entire ship from sinking. Only the PPP/C government, and no one else, must be prepared to make that decision.
Vassan Ramracha

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