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“It is time for change at Guyana Geology and Mines Commission

Jun 10, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
When Imran Khan’s aunt inspired the campaign slogan “It is time to vote for change”, I am sure she did  not have in mind just change of central government. She must have had also change in every aspect of corruption within every institution within this society.
I am a miner for the last 35 years, and worked in many mining areas in this country. We as Guyanese elected a government for all Guyanese, so we all can live and be a part of what Guyana has to offer us. With a new Government in place I am, we are, appealing to the minister who will be responsible for the mining sector to address the corruption at Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC).
In my 35 years of mining, corruption is at its highest from the top to the bottom at the commission, especially with the top officials in the GGMC commission. These officials are taking bribes without any regards and do not have any respect for any miner who does not have money to pay a bribe.
The previous administration was working on a plan to change up the administration at GGMC because of multiple complaints from miners. We want a new administration to take into consideration all the corruption and start by reorganizing GGMC in a way that will be more transparent and less corrupt. This can be done by removing the heads; the tails will follow.
The miners association which should represent all miners, only acts when someone in the association gets hurt, so what the top officials at GGMC do is to satisfy the executive at the top so that they cannot come against them.
The result is that the association will not say anything towards these corrupt GGMC officials. One would hope that the new government would change these top GGMC corrupt officials so that the miners could get a better Commission.
Let’s start with new breath of fresh air, not only with Government but with institutions in this beautiful Guyana.”
Shawn Hopkinson

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