The Coalition Govt. has lost steam

Jul 23, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor;
The URP took a team to the Black Bush Polder last week and what we saw and learned were saddening. We saw broken dams and damaged roads. We saw a proliferation of unemployed youths and distraught faces. The farmers were complaining that they cannot get to their farms because of the conditions of the roads. When they approached the representatives for the area, they were told that they will not be assisted in fixing the dams. The farmers are now forced to pay an additional cost to boats, in order to have their fertilizers and workers taken into their farms.
Many of the folks we spoke to have said that they had decided to move away from the PPP and give the AFC a chance. They are now regretting it. One man, with deep sadness on his face and a breaking voice, remarked; “we did not expect this! Not this!” The disillusionment of the Guyanese is further complicated by the fact that they are absolutely fed up with both the PNC (Coalition) and the PPP.
The URP has been traversing the country and meeting with the ordinary man and woman, seeking to find out how we could help alleviate the sufferings in the areas that have been predominately affected over the last several years. The folks in Essequibo, Wales and the Corentyne have been crying out bitterly. From the lost of their jobs in the sugar sector to the stagnation in the rice industry, the hopelessness is stark. Compounding the issue is the fact that the government seems at a complete lost as to where to go next.
Instead of easing the plight of the broke and broken citizens, every day the administration is showing their selfish lack of concern, by imposing more and more austere measures on the poor folks. There have now added a tax on the importation of manufacturing materials and goods. This will cause a reduction of growth in the sector, or at least, it will drive up cost which will be passed on to the already financially strapped consumer.
It is obvious that this new government is completely aloof from the needs of the Guyanese people who elected them, and completely ignorant as to how to please their supporters. In 13 short months, this government has run out of steam and is now just drifting along. The PPP was voted out of office because of the same behavior; they had lost touch with the people, additionally, they had become corrupt. Guyana can ill afford to have governments which take us for granted. Hopefully, next time around there will be real, genuine, change.
Dr. Vishnu Bandhu
Leader, URP

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