Latest update March 25th, 2025 7:08 AM

Guyana's largest selling daily and New York's most popular weekly

Latest News

Which party should govern for the next five years?

May 07, 2015 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
As Guyanese go to the Polls on May 11 to elect a new Government, they should weigh the choice of continued increase in crime, corruption, nepotism and economic decline under a PPP/C-led administration against the creation of a meritocratic society committed to fairness, development of the economy and job creation under a APNU partnership with the AFC as the alternative government.
The most important task for the next government is to reform the constitution to enable Guyanese to be adequately represented by those they elect under a democratic system to govern their affairs.
A  PPP/C Government with their track record of cronyism, unaccountability and playing fast and loose with the law, has no intention of changing the constitution which favours their perpetual governance as they continue to mismanage the scarce resources of the country on questionable projects such as Amaila Falls Hydropower, Skeldon Sugar Factory and Hope Canal, which are incomplete and have all failed to benefit the people.
An APNU/AFC  government, which fully understands the lives and interests of Guyanese, will change all of this as they chart a new course of opportunities for the well being of the people of Guyana while uncovering the ill-gotten gains of those who have plundered the State’s resources to enrich themselves and are brought to justice.
The PPP/C has been playing the race card, driving fear among voters as they project the APNU/AFC as a Govt. of dictatorship and military rule, but is oblivious to the fact that the political landscape of Guyana has changed since 1992 when the excesses of the PNC rule ended.
The people had high hopes that  the PPP/C Govt. ,which had replaced the PNC, would have grown the economy and created the jobs they so desperately needed, provided good education at all levels for their children, built adequately equipped hospitals, eliminated electricity failures with regular black-outs, constructed roads without pot-holes, made the drainage and irrigation system along the coast for the towns and villages reliable and ensured that the society was free from daily robberies and killings.
Instead, after Dr. Jagan and his wife left office and handed over to power to a despot, Ex-President Jagdeo, the situation became progressively worse as the PPP/C squandered the country’s scarce resources on questionable projects such as the Marriott Hotel and Airport Extension, while paying scant attention to criminal activities which have been escalating in the country by the day, terrorizing Guyanese of all races.
The PPP/C has no concrete plan and effective management in place to provide the leadership necessary to develop Guyana, despite their glossy empty manifesto to the contrary, as the past 15 years of stagnation has clearly indicated.
The sugar industry is in a freefall, as GuySuCo has been unable to produce sugar at a competitive price, and with its accumulation of large debts it is just a matter of time before it goes belly-up, as the PPP/C cannot continue to provide large subsidies for a dying industry despite its promises. Rice farmers have been increasing their production, but the PPP/C has been unable to find markets for their produce at an economic price. So the bonds are filled with paddy awaiting sale while farmers await payments to pay their debts.
Therefore any change in the political governance of Guyana on May 11 could only be for the betterment of all Guyanese as they realize how little their living standards have improved over the past several years under a PPP/C Govt. Hopefully they will see the light of day and vote accordingly to make a change for the APNU/AFC on May 11.
Charles Sohan

Similar Articles

The Glenn Lall Show|| March, 17th, 2025

Follow on Tik Tok @Glennlall

THE BLUNT OF THE DAY

Sports

Groups, schedule announced for One Guyana 3×3 Quest

Groups, schedule announced for One Guyana 3×3 Quest

Mar 25, 2025

Kaieteur Sports- With just 11 days to go before Guyana welcomes 16 nations for the largest 3×3 basketball event ever hosted in the English-speaking Caribbean, excitement is building. The Guyana...
Read More
2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League Fixtures confirmed

2025 Republic Bank Caribbean Premier League...

Mar 25, 2025

Virtual Meeting of Caribbean Boxing Promoters held, Guyana among six countries with interest

Virtual Meeting of Caribbean Boxing Promoters...

Mar 25, 2025

GBA AirBadminton Tournament spikes off with historic showing at St. Cuthbert’s Mission 

GBA AirBadminton Tournament spikes off with...

Mar 25, 2025

Briton John sets sights on another sweep with second leg win

Briton John sets sights on another sweep with...

Mar 25, 2025

Waramuri stuns Vreed-en-Hoop 7-1, as Bush Lot topple Ann’s Grove

Waramuri stuns Vreed-en-Hoop 7-1, as Bush Lot...

Mar 24, 2025

Features/Columnists

Publisher’s Note

Freedom of speech is our core value at Kaieteur News. If the letter/e-mail you sent was not published, and you believe that its contents were not libellous, let us know, please contact us by phone or email.

Feel free to send us your comments and/or criticisms.
Contact: 624-6456; 225-8452; 225-8458; 225-8463; 225-8465; 225-8473 or 225-8491.
Or by Email: [email protected] / [email protected]

Weekend Cartoon

Bridge Watch

Demerara Harbour Bridge

> Berbice Bridge […]