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What have Mr Holland and the APNU leadership done for young people in Linden and Region 10 in general?
DEAR EDITOR,
Carwyn Holland’s missive which found its way into the Guyana’s Chronicle of October 15th under the caption: “Is Guyana your property Jagdeo?” reveals the panic and desperation that exists among the APNU/AFC and surrogates in the run-up to the November 12th 2018 Local Government Election.
Mr Holland, who allowed his name and signature to be used as a part of the current propaganda apparatus, seems to be punching out of his league. As a former boxing promoter he ought to know that someone who could not survive one year as Mayor of Linden, where he was rejected by his own APNU/AFC councilors, should seek to pick a fight with someone like President Jagdeo who served twelve years as Executive President of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana. President Jagdeo can be described as the architect of modern Guyana, who has spent his entire life in Public Service to Guyana and the Guyanese people.
It is clear that the contents of the letter that Mr. Holland signed cannot be his personal views or thoughts. If so, it is a case of him suffering from some sort of amnesia. It is Linden and Region #10 that bears the footprints and marks of President Jagdeo. It was under President Jagdeo that the physical infrastructure in Linden including “Burnham Drive” was rehabilitated, the new Linden Hospital Complex was built, the water treatment plants both in Amelia’s Ward and Wismar were erected, the LEAP program and its successor LEN were initiated, with its business incubator constructed.
BOSAI and RUSAL as foreign investors were brought to Guyana to save Bauxite and ensure Lindeners and people in the Berbice River’s livelihoods were maintained and even improved.
Community forest concessions were given out to communities throughout Region #10. The most expansive housing development at Amelia’s Ward and Block 22 in Wismar were initiated which resulted in thousands of homes today. New schools and health centres were built in the Demerara River, Berbice River, Number 47 and Number 58 Mabura Road. Hundreds of Lindeners were trained and equipped with skills though the BIT (Board of Industrial Training).
The fact that Mr. Holland and his propaganda pool are able to write and publish this form of misinformation is sufficient evidence that Jagdeo as president entrenched democracy in Guyana after the dark days of Burnham.
It must have been quite an upsetting scene for the PNC types like Carwyn Holland and the Congress Place cabal with their AFC handmaidens to listen to the profound presentation of a visionary leader, President Jagdeo – who is still making his contributions for Guyana’s development – at a Saturday October 13, 2018 meeting in Kitty, and to realize this former president who is not running for public office is investing his time and energy to ensure the best team is put in place to govern Guyana and restore the path to prosperity for all Guyanese.
I would like Mr Holland and the APNU leadership in region #10 to clearly identify what they have done to enhance and enrich the lives of young people in Linden and region #10 in general.
David Adams
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