Hamilton Green should not have been given this top position

Sep 28, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor;
It was mind boggling from the very start why the Government of Guyana (GoG) in this era of cutting edge technology and modern information systems, would seek to appoint so many senior citizens to very prominent and vital positions in the country at the expense of many young, bright and patriotic persons who are finding difficulty obtaining employment and who in many instances are forced to migrate to utilize their skills.
These ‘Old Timers’ to whom I refer are from times past and are stuck in the past which is causing the country to be held back rather than moving along with the advancing world.
One classic example of the ‘Old Boys 80+ Club’ is the appointment of the Chairman of the Central Housing and Planning Authority, who is an octogenarian that spends months at a time out of the country, whilst much of the business of the CH&PA is held up because of his prolonged absence and the need for his signature on important documents.
The tragedy of this particular circumstance is that well-known for his cantankerous, belligerent and devious behavior, he ensured that he had run the Chief Executive Officer, a number of Engineers and other key staff members out before taking off and leaving the country, ensuring that the agency was left crippled.
Worse, he has begun populating the agency with many of his loyal goons who are unsuitable in every respect, but with whom he has absolute confidence of their allegiance and commitment to carry out all of his biddings without question.
The planning of the country’s housing and business development is much too important to be held to ransom by one wayward old man who never thought it important enough to qualify himself in a profession or career, but who has dedicated a life time to destroying the livelihoods of others. As a popular American political candidate would say ‘Get them out of here, get them out of here.’
Mark Roopan

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