Quoting Shakespeare to indict the Coalition Govt.

Sep 06, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
As a young child growing up in urban Guyana, I frequently overheard my grandmother referring to some folks as having “constitution like a horse”, an attribute that I concluded in my youthful thinking was worth aspiring towards. I do not know how many folks of that genre still exist, but I do know for a fact that in order to survive in present day Guyana, in addition to possessing equine constitution one would also require fortified cranial mettle.
President David Granger was swept into power on the promise to the Guyanese people of hope, revival and purposeful leadership. Yes, during his political campaign he promised all and sundry to be the President that the Guyanese people were waiting for. He would eradicate nepotism, abuse of power, corruption and basically all others and any other that served as obstacles and impediments to good governance and leadership. Also included in these promises, (or were they utterances) was a plethora of reforms.
Now well over a year plus into his Presidency, the election thrill is over and the promises have yet to be fulfilled. Every day the newspapers, the local media, not to mention, vox populi are replete with accusations of wrongdoings of the same type leveled against the previous government. The list goes on ad infinitum, the only change being the names and the games of the players and the sayers. The concession agreements made with the Chinese logging company, BaiShan Lin Forest Development Inc., the controversial Mariott Hotel, the sugar industry, the bond fiasco, the Minister of Health’s miscreant behavior, the salary hike for Ministers, the PHG administration melee, police corruption etc. etc.
Surely, even to the mildly myopic, not to mention the minimally mentally challenged these negatives, in such a short time of governance beggars description and call for some serious accounting on the part of the government. The people know what is on, and what is going on but the government needs to be on target with the promises made and their being carried out.
It is expedient that President Granger gives a State of the Nation address to the Guyanese public as well as all interested stakeholders. Delay cannot be considered or entertained. The administration’s accomplishments since in office should be outlined, but above all on the President’s agenda should be made clear to the populace at large. It is far too risque to have the way forward seemingly outlined by the general public. In Act 1 Scene 4 of Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Marcellus says to Horatio “something is fishy in the state of Denmark, well the piscatorial stench has reached Guyana, and the matter needs to be vigorously addressed and attended to, not sanitized and deodorized.
The President is facing above all a serious credibility challenge, and must demonstrate the ability to address the people on the troubling issues that divide and trouble them, all the while proving that he is truly a man of the people, the man they voted in to cleanse the nation from the scourge of sin.
Therefore, given the present circumstances, broadened by the hope that worse cannot come, the best way out is to hear it from the horse’s mouth—hence we are calling on President Granger to have his say by delivering a State of the Nation address without delay. It is imperative that he does his best to put the nation’s mind at rest.
Yvonne Sam

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