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I too feel extremely uncomfortable with the Exxon oil contract
DEAR EDITOR,
I would like to add my voice to the growing chorus of Guyanese who feel extremely uncomfortable with the Exxon oil contract.
I have to believe that Guyanese financial experts, Chris Ram, Nigel Hinds and others who are clamouring for this contract to be renegotiated, want the best deal for our country.
Editor, Guyanese are not stupid and the politicians do not know it all. They are also not elected to dispose of the country’s resources to fill their pockets at the expense of the potential development of Guyana for all its people – for the present and future.
This contract must be revisited and it must reflect the fact that we have learnt from the mistakes of those countries that found themselves in this position before us.
There is great disappointment and confusion about what we are getting ourselves into. This feeling is in stark contrast to the expectation of well-paid nurses, teachers, policemen and women and other public servants, with the ensuing benefits to the entire population.
We look forward to our homeless, our mentally ill, and our senior citizens being well taken care of. Among us are citizens who need urgent specialised medical care who cannot afford it.
Editor, with such a small population, every sector of our society should be able to see and feel a significant rise in our standard of living with pending oil revenue.
Yours respectfully,
Keith Fraser
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