Lincoln Lewis surprised at what Donald Ramotar has done

Dec 09, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
It is clear that politics has become a gravy train. The public mantra about service to the people no longer matters. The act by Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar to take the people of Guyana to the court to have unfettered access to the resources of this nation, in order that they can live luxurious lives on our backs, has confirmed a view held in many quarters: politicians don’t care a damn about the people.
The capped benefits by the National Assembly of $75,000 each month for telephone and electricity bills, is in excess of the pension earned by persons who have served this country more than 35 years in the public service, and many who are currently employed and are required to deliver eight-hour service a day.
It is not the vulgar and unconscionable $1.4 million pension these men each receives per month that the National Assembly capped. It is the open-ended arrangement where these men want access to unlimited amount of State cars, armed police guards at their premises, or staff to carry on party political work.
The act of Jagdeo taking the people to court is characteristic of the contempt he has for Guyanese and therefore comes as no surprise. But the collusion of Ramotar is surprising given that this man was in the trade union movement, and would have condemned the PNC leadership for ridding on the backs of workers, had they engaged in similar or lesser conduct. That Ramotar would have mobilised protests against acts himself and Jagdeo are now involved in.
The double standards of these men are clearly saying to the society that politics is not about the people and their development; it is about a few using political office to cream off the resources and wealth of this nation for personal enrichment.
During and after his presidency Ramotar has said to this society that he is his own man, not operating in the shadow of Jagdeo, or on instructions from Jagdeo. The collusion of these men to weaken the national coffers is either Ramotar is not his own man or both men are self-serving. This is troubling and should be of concern to rank and file supporters of the PPP. For these men are clearly communicating to their supporters and all Guyanese that they would go to the ends of the earth to enrich themselves on the backs of the people, and it matters not to them whether the people can afford to sustain their greed.
The act of taking the people of Guyana to the court is deemed a personal attack against workers and the taxpaying public, given we have an economy that can ill afford extravagance, of which both men are aware.
Lincoln Lewis

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