The government does want this sum of 120 Million American dollars

Apr 25, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
If a government wants to support the most vulnerable in any society, then give people the opportunity to succeed. Deliver a stronger school system; deliver functional hospitals; deliver an economic growth rate of above 5% with a predictable growth path. What I heard from Minister Jordan, Minister Patterson and Minister Atkinson is nothing but a public gaffe.
When I read page 29 of the APNU/AFC manifesto about “the green of low carbon development”, I hold my head in sadness because I cannot understand what manner of men will mislead the people this much just for power. Today all I am seeing are these people hustling for themselves and their family in 2015 and the needs and interest of the poor and the working class the last thing on their minds.
It has been two years now and all of those words on the pages in the APNU+AFC’s manifesto are turning into certified falsehoods and empty promises. Fool the people once, no sweat; fool them twice, shame on them!
One only has to read the news to realize that this Granger administration is either grossly incompetent on many fronts or extremely devious and deceitful. How are they building this green economy that is fit for the future, alongside a thriving traditional productive sector? Have they explained the key Where is the action plan? Have they explained the key steps to the nation? Who is holding whom accountable for different deliverables? How are they measuring progress?
The performance on managing the six sisters is even worse. Even the Minister of Finance in his year-end report confirmed that five of the six sisters are ailing and one of them is definitely in a coma (sugar).
Why to date the Grangerites cannot communicate to the people what they are doing to build an economy that has a predictable growth path backed by an economic framework that is embracing new technology, and is transformative and export oriented? It has been 2 years but all this Granger administration has proven itself to be is a rocking chair government rocking itself to nowhere.
There is some US$120 million at direct risk of being quarantined for a long time and even lost forever all because this Granger administration cannot conclude their version of a Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).
It understandable that any new government will want to review policies from a past government; that is a given. But come on man, it has been two years and yet you cannot roll out your version of the LCDS. It is nothing but anti-national and anti-patriotic for a government to not complete this important piece of work to unleash this US$120 million. Who is responsible for this mess? I say again the buck stops at the desk of the President Granger.
I want to humbly suggest that Minister Raphael Trotman be given full responsibility for this entire portfolio, because whoever seems to be supervising Gary Best either cannot articulate the government needs or is extremely badly advised. Minister Trotman seems to the most deliverable focused person in the Granger cabinet. I may be wrong, but this is how it appears to me.
For me, this is not a PPP or a PNC issue, this is a Guyana issue and I, like many Guyanese, would also do anything to help any government unleash these funds for green projects because I believe Guyana’s savior is not oil but low cost and reliable green energy for the entire northern Amazonian basin. This US$120 million will give this dream a good push start. But the answer to the question, as to why President Granger and his government are still in the rocking chair – beats me.
Sase Singh

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