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Let the ‘crisis’ come! It may be good for Guyana
Dear Editor,
This writer is of the firm conviction that whatever causes a crisis to a people individually, or corporately as a nation, eventuates into something which can be for the common good. Let the crisis come! It may be good for our country.
One thing common, though, among the leading politicians, sir, is their style of leadership and this is graphically illustrated below.
Sometime ago a bridge was built across the Demerara river. It was called the l.f.s.b; the longest floating steel bridge.
What is important to note is that, built into the bridge was a certain lifespan, to serve a people for a particular period of time.
One day a disaster was averted, something which could have taken the lives of a busload of young Guyanese.
That was caused because of crisis, a crisis of poor leadership.
Thank God, there was no fatality, but you can guess what positives came out of the incident.
Yes, there was a mad rush to repair the ill-used, overused, old bridge to make it usable again. Some adjustments here and there, the renewing of bolts and nuts, replacements of old irrelevant material, and so on.
The designers of that bridge meant that over time there had to be some evaluation to ensure adequacy , structural soundness, etcetera, etcetera.
No one in the political hierarchy saw it fit to ensure its soundness, its safety standard, etc.
Guyana is on its way, transitioning to become a showpiece in the world, yet we are experiencing a crisis, this crisis of poor leadership, fifty years as an independent nation! We are yet grappling with an issue which should not been in there in the first place. No one saw there was impending ‘danger’. No one heeded the call to reassess, to reform, to renew, to re-evaluate our ‘bridge’.
Concerning our ‘bridge’, couldn’t the crafters of our statutes, or couldn’t successive political leaderships, have seen the inadequacies therein and articulate one that can stand the test of time or should have they been made to evaluate it from time to time to avert an impending ‘disaster’?
Surely, our Guyana deserves better.
One thing for sure, which is very common among the leading politicians is, their mouth water (they salivate) when it’s time for elections. When in office, however, they become comfortable with the battered, broken-down, irrelevant ‘bridge’.
Our ‘bridge’ needs new ‘screws’, new ‘bolts’, new arrangements to function adequately and our current politicians have failed to give answers. The current breed of politicians, on both sides, have failed to give us the assurance it is time to charter a new course, to build a strong and united Guyana, a country which all can be proud to call home.
God bless our country.
Yours truly
J. Atkinson
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