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It would be best if Bharrat Jagdeo keeps quiet
Dear Editor,
Former President Jagdeo is continuing his campaign to remain relevant in Guyana’s future. Jagdeo had his opportunity for 12 years and used the time to enrich himself and his cronies, in the process entrenching corruption in Guyana by his cavalier approach to the currently illegal drug trade and turning of a blind eye to the glaring misuse of taxpayer money.
The Amaila Falls Hydropower project indeed needs to be open for talks as should be all development projects in Guyana. That is part of the democratic process. It is a bit late for Jagdeo and democracy.
However in the discussion of the Amaila Falls hydropower project what would come out is that the nature of the river flows to feed the turbines makes that location far from the best for the money to be invested.
Guyana has a lot of hydropower potential to be tapped and for the larger projects this is best done as part of a partnership with Brazil, which in terms of the geopolitics of Guyana’s development is our best border partner.
Closer integration with Venezuela and Suriname may come in the future but right now the land claims of both of those countries make them unreliable partners.
Even as Guyana pursues larger hydropower projects with Brazil smaller scale projects financed by Guyanese and other investors would still be viable.
So the conversation that Guyana needs involves issues such as climate change and increased coastal flooding, development of the Bartica region to grow to a population there of around 200,000, paved roads to the borders with Brazil and Venezuela, solar and wind power and Guyana as a potential petroleum producer.
The fact that recent test wells indicate real potential of significant oil deposits in Guyanese territory has to be matched with a global energy market where renewable sources are becoming increasingly significant and major oil companies are writing down the book value of their oil reserves and in some cases selling those reserves because they understand that concerns about climate change are forcing the global energy mix away from fossil fuels.
So yes indeed we need a conversation on energy in Guyana and it would be best if Former President Jagdeo keeps quiet while more rational voices are heard. He can always ask questions though because it has been said that there are no stupid questions.
Fitzgerald Yaw
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