Guest Editorial...DISTORTION THE TRUTH

Guest Editorial…DISTORTION THE TRUTH

Oct 15, 2017 Editorial, Features / Columnists

It is becoming clearer by the day that the leader of the opposition is not only peddling false information to the press, but he is also causing great harm to the PPP with his hypocritical and reckless behaviour. And if the senior leaders of the party do not rein him in, the party could be discredited and its members and supporters will lose confidence in it.
The opposition leader’s endless deviation from the truth and his deceitful and fictitious statements designed to score cheap political points have made him less of a serious leader. Many believe that as president, he was corrupt, vindictive, wicked and untrustworthy. He is known for his hypocrisy, double standards and propaganda.
His blatant disregard for the truth has prompted his former PPP colleague, now the Minister of Public Security to accuse him of being a consummate liar who lacks integrity and credibility and that his statements should be taken with a pinch of salt.
He has also caught the attention of Kaieteur News satire “Dem Boys Seh” which stated that “Jagdeo wouldn’t know de truth if it slap him in he face”. Then there was the editor in chief’s column: “Is Jagdeo’s memory failing him?”
While the leader of the opposition has criticized the government for not disclosing the Exxon Mobil contract to the public, as President, he did not release many of his contracts to the public. One of those contracts was to China National Technology Import and Export Corporation (CNTIC) in June 2004 to construct a new sugar factory at Skeldon at a cost of US$185million. It was the single biggest investment in the history of Guyana. However, by the time the factory was completed, the cost had skyrocketed to over US$230 million.
The goal was to reduce the cost of sugar production, improve its quality, increase production and reduce operational costs, but the factory was plagued with problems and was never fully operational. It was deemed the most expensive white elephant in the country.
As president, the opposition leader refused to release to the public the contracts of the Marriott Hotel, the Berbice River Bridge, the Specialty Hospital, the construction of the new airport, the Amalia Falls Hydro Project and the US$12.5 Enmore Packaging Plant, the latter deemed another white elephant.
Now, in spite of his hypocrisy, he is bent on deceiving the nation that his government was perfect.
He is delusional, dishonest and hypocritical to say the least. He has accused this government of directly interfering with the operations of the police force, but the Paul Slowe incident shows that it was the Jagdeo regime that was directly involved in the operations of the police force. Assistant Commissioner of Police, Paul Slowe, had seized a firearm belonging to one of Jagdeo’s supporters in Berbice.
Slowe was ordered by the Home Affairs Minister to return the firearm, he refused and was never considered for promotion by Jagdeo.
The opposition has accused several Government ministers for not being transparent about their meeting with Exxon Mobil officials at the company headquarters in Texas, but he has refused to disclose details of his meeting with Exxon Mobil officials in Texas.
Concerning the building of a new Demerara Harbour Bridge, Jagdeo had approved a feasibility study for the Versailles-Houston route which contradicts his recent statement that the government has chosen the new location out of political considerations.
It is absolute rubbish and his propaganda, distortion of the facts coupled with his corrupt practices and hypocrisy are unmatched in the region.

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