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PERPETUATING A MYTH
The deaths of GDF Sergeant Pyle and two civilians have made the government the poster boy for criticism not only from the PPP but also from the public, including some of its own supporters.
It seems that the government is more interested in protecting its image than to be candid with the public on this and other issues.
The public knows that Sergeant Pyle did not act on his own, so the government should be forthcoming because the truth will eventually emerge as to who authorize the surveillance.The incident has become a major embarrassment to the government, and while it can fool some of the people some of the time, it cannot fool all the people all the time. The death of Sergeant Pyle is another government failure and the buck stops at the President’s desk.
Since elected to office, the government has been more interested in building its public image as being accountable and transparent.
As a new government, the people expect it to make mistakes, but for it to say that no political directive was given to Sergeant Pyle is stretching the truth. A wise person once said, “Honesty is the best policy.”
The PPP regarded this posture by the government as questionable, at best, and has described it as a shameless effort not to hide the truth from the public. What is even worse, is that the government has denied any involvement in the tragedy.
It begs the question: Was Sergeant Pyle instructed to conduct surveillance, if so, by whom? It seems that no one is in charge and the government is losing confidence of the people who voted to elect it to office.
While the government is committed to do its utmost, its efforts to uplift the economy and reduce poverty have lacked the insights and skills to make a significant and sustainable impact on the economy and the lives of the poor.
The huge amount of spending on health, education, crime, and infrastructure has not yielded the desired results. Gun violence, murders, rapes and armed robberies remained rampant, maternal deaths and deaths from simple curable diseases at the public hospitals are high, and most students are failing the hard sciences.
While there are signs of some improvement in infrastructure,the pace is extremely slow. The government has not presented an economic plan to chart the way.
These facts coupled with the President’s statement in Parliament that he is optimistic that Guyana will achieve economic independence by the time it celebrates its 50th independence in May suggest that the government is perpetuating a myth.
It has not happened in the last 50 years. While the public and some on social media may be deceived, the poor cannot make ends meet know the truth. They are feeling the pain.
The real enemy of thegovernment is not the PPP or its supporters, but itself. The government may have damaged its positive image it might have had with the people by being disrespectful, arrogant and aloof.
It has messed up badly by failing to explain Sergeant Pyle’s tragedy, the 50 percent salary increase, the appointment of 32 Ministerial advisers in the diaspora, and whether it will prosecute those found culpable of corruption.
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