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What is being done to protect the rights of citizens?
DEAR EDITOR,
During the PPPC’s era, I’ve penned numerous letters about my disapproval of things happening in Guyana. With full support behind the coalition, I even encourage everyone I knew to give them a chance only to be rewarded with disappointment from them immediately after the last general election. Without giving them a chance, I penned my views and was verbally chastised by a former colleague but I stood my ground with my views and today I am witness to many others like me coming out to speak up boldly.
In a nutshell, I see an administration that is selfish, vindictive against those who oppose their actions, a dictatorial regime with no vision for fellow Guyanese but themselves. For the past four years, despite what they are doing, only the negatives are being seen by Guyanese and rightfully so, because what they did are tinted with the accusation of corruption and we are now witnessing the inferior works. Having said that, nothing has been done worthy of praising that Guyanese would be able to benefit from. Only members of the coalition are financially gaining and Guyanese are being brainwashed with the promises about the benefits of oil, even though, based on revelations, there’s nothing tangible for Guyanese, coming out of the contractual agreement. In other words, we’re being oiled for nothing!
Editor, there are many things happening in Guyana and this administration only seems to be dedicating their energies towards meeting and convincing people to vote or help work with them to convince people to give them another chance, apart from traveling and eating lavishly at the expense of the taxpayers, instead of addressing these issues. For instance, recently the minibuses decided to increase their fares tremendously, even though this Government increased taxes everywhere. After much rambling, the increase was approved. Fare structures were printed and on display on most minibuses and the minibus association came out with a glorious plan to revamp the industry. To date, nothing has materialized. Passengers are still forced to sit four in a seat; passing the police the bus is allowed to continue its journey with the police consent. Instead of working in an orderly manner, minibuses operators are fighting down one another to load first, operators are untidy, vulgar and abusive to passengers. The minibuses are in deplorable conditions, especially the seats. Loud music is still tormenting passengers, while reckless driving is scaring the skin off of people. So what is the increase for? The government approves the increase because it was promised/agreed and if this government was responsible enough, it should have been monitoring the situation and if the conditions are not met, then reduce the fare structures, because that was the purpose of the increase.
Finally Editor, immediately after the increase was approve, these operators along with the minibus association put on a show to impress commuters which didn’t even last a month and they have gone back to basic. Many, especially the regular line buses, have the fare structures on display in the buses, but still they try to fleece commuters of a $20. Of recently, almost all the minibuses are taking off their fare structures, because they have devise a method to rob commuters and it is going on quite a while now and no one is saying anything, especially the minibus association, who is fully aware of their dishonest actions. From/to Vreed-en-Hoop and Uitvlugt, the fare is $140, according to the printed fare structures, but the vultures under the guise of operators are charging $160 and are telling you that is the fare. Traversing to/from Diamond New Scheme, they are charging $180/200 dollars instead of $140/160, etc. This is happening in almost all the routes and from all indication, the minibus association are in cahoots with them because I cannot understand how all the routes will take their fare structures down around the same time and illegally increase their fares at the same time. What is being done to protect the rights of citizens?
This government is busy trying to brainwash Guyanese with oil, while they are not doing anything that could make us enjoy “A Good Life”. They should not be given another chance, because they do not have Guyana’s interest at heart, despite saying so. The whole world is seeing the extreme they are going to in order to remain in power. There are many more issues that are being ignored which I will be penning about later.
Sahadeo Bates
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