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THE PEOPLE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THE PROMISES OF THE PAST!
DEAR EDITOR,
As I watch the television news and read the daily newspapers, I can’t help but smile and curse at the same time when I see the Coalition Government ministers going all over the country to meet, greet and share out goodies to the ordinary people in their villages and making more promises that if the people re-elect them in the upcoming elections, they will enjoy more good life.
Editor, it makes me very angry to see that these ministers still believe that the people are gullible and will forget all the promises that were made to them in 2015. Well, I have some news for these ministers, don’t insult the intelligence of the Guyanese people, they are smarter thank you think and I guarantee you are in for a rude awakening in the upcoming elections.
Editor, I would like to focus this missive on the AFC ministers, because it is the votes that they garner that caused the coalition to win the elections and as everyone knows most of those votes were disgruntled PPP supporters.
Please allow me to quote from Raphael Trotman, leader of the AFC, in the Sunday Stabroek News of February 3, 2019 whilst addressing the National Executive Council of the party, acknowledged that the party did make some mis-steps in government and the leaders forgot the masses and he knows that they are hurt but promised that they will work fervently to make things right.”
For the enlightenment of Trotman, Nagamootoo, Ramjattan, Patterson and all the leaders of the AFC, let me share a classic example of their betrayal of the people. Before the 2015 elections, all of them were readily available and accessible. You could talk, call or text them anytime and you would get a reply. Lo and behold, after the elections they were all missing in action. It was as if they do not exist anymore. On the rare occasions when they came to Berbice and held call-in programmes on local television stations, I tried to implore, nay beg, Ramjattan and Patterson to do something about my street, which is in a deplorable state, but it was like throwing water on duck’s back. They just brushed you off with all kinds of excuses and go along their merry way.
Imagine, we have to beg them to spend our own money, taxpayers money on projects to benefit us the people and they behaving as if it’s their money. During those times, they didn’t care a hang about the people, but now they are running back to the people begging them for their votes. Well I want to tell them, ‘boat done gone a fall” and in the meantime we the residents are repairing our street with our own money. You will hear from us in the upcoming elections.
Yours faithfully,
Imtiaz Baccus
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