Bipartisanship a necessary objective

May 24, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
With all that is peddled through the various media, it is important to note that partisanship is well alive within the Region. One can write all the letters to the editor but, the fact still remains that the indurate writer of the PPP within Region 5 is partisan. The APNU+AFC government is for all of Guyana; the APNU+AFC Councillors of Region 5 are always willing to give a hand of fellowship but we will not do so only to be bitten or spat upon.
As a Regional Councillor I make every effort to seek an audience with the Regional Chairman, many times he is not in Office or is unwilling to compromise, on matters which I believe we can find common ground in moving forward. I do so because of my bipartisan objective and a fair knowledge of how leaders of two sides should work for their people.
I do not wish to state again what happened during the April sitting of the RDC, but, will say if only the Regional Chairman reads for himself he would have been properly informed of how the Chair works. And he should not impute improper motives to members which brought the House/RDC into disrepute. Instead of reading the rules and standing orders for himself, the Chairman is dependent on others to do so for him. Had he read for himself, bipartisanship would have been a necessary objective and compromise and most of the matters I sought would have been advanced.
Nonetheless, Region 5 is strong and the people are ever confident in the coalition government. Contrary to what has been said in the media, it must be noted that the RDC had set forward all programmes for the year 2017, and many communities are beginning to see the fruits of such. No school within the region is in a deplorable state. So far works have been done on District No. 10 Primary and Nursery schools; Airy Hall Nursery school, Mortise Primary School, Cottage Nursery School, Woodley Park Secondary, Belladrum Primary, Seafield Primary, to name a few.
Allow me to state Belladrum Secondary in a different way. Mr Editor, for the amount of years the PPP have been in power, for so long the Belladrum Secondary School has been neglected. The Coalition Government has not neglected any school because of where it’s located and we never will.
The Health centers are in super state. History would remind many of the residence of the then deplorable state of the health centers within the region before 2015. It is only now Trafalgar and Little Baibu Health centre employees can boast of a decent facility with living quarters. Need I remind us what would have happened in the past, of the PPP pulling down structures built by the then PNC government, replacing those with smaller and inferior buildings (it happened to the Belladrum Health centre).
I must inform readers of the many roads that are currently under construction and those already built. Mr Editor it is not of our own volitions these roads were built but the volitions of the people of Region 5. I invite the readers to visit two locations – Bushlot Middle Street, South of the Public Road and – Waterloo/Bath Just east to the Former Regional Chairman’s residence, take a visit and one will be better informed of the works we are doing within the region and how notorious the PPP has become.
To date the REO has done a fantastic job in executing our current and capital works programme. I want to further encourage him to keep up the good works and he sure will be awarded more works to execute in 2018. My Youth Director would say to us “the reward for hard work is more hard work.” I am proud of our pace of execution so far, and would encourage others to take a page out of Mr Morrison’s book in the way he functions as REO. Bipartisanship is a necessary objective which will not make one biased in their criticism of the other party.
Dolston Hutson
APNU+AFC Member

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