"The good life for all" slogan remains a distant cry from reality

“The good life for all” slogan remains a distant cry from reality

Jan 24, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

Campaign 2020 is on. The flags, banners and posters are evident everywhere. It is that time in our five years cycle when people become important to politicians. To say that the coming elections are being held on the heels of a successful passage of a NCM would be a mockery of the one constitutional safeguard mechanism (vote of confidence) that the elected representatives of the people have, as a tool to end repressive governments outside of the 5 years electoral cycle – the 90 days stipulated timeline for NCM induced elections having expired 4 times since the NCM- compliments of the delaying tactics of the caretaker APNU/AFC Coalition. The Coalition’s assault on the Constitution – the sacred covenant between the government and people should not be tolerated, it should be viewed as the tell tale sign of approaching dictatorship that needs to be nipped in the bud.
Constitutional transgressions should be viewed as a direct threat to our rights to elect a Government of the people’s choice in the future – the essence of democracy. I have not seen the contesting parties reminding the electorate of the ever present threat to democracy should the Coalition be given a fresh mandate to govern – given that the Coalition’s president, in his usual style, promised his supporters to eliminate the “vote of confidence” in the Constitution, through constitutional change if re- elected.
Sadly, the said president, being opposition leader, was ecstatic and benefitted when the threat of an NCM – a threat that Granger as opposition leader had supported and subscribed to – had force president Ramotar to prorogue parliament and call fresh elections in 2015. This is a clear case of, “what is good for the goose should be good for the gander” or what was “a knight in shining armour” (NCM) in 2015 is now considered a “millstone around necks” in 2020.This is hypocrisy mired in ludicrousness.
It is no secret that the Coalition was instrumental in legislation that makes it illegal to keep any monies collected on behalf of the state outside of the consolidated fund. Our first oil money, the “the signing bonus” was diverted into a secret account and the existence of the same was denied by the Coalition. When exposed, an official said, “I did it. How does that resonate with the term “integrity” as a characteristic? Honesty and integrity in its real sense should have induced the official to resign on account of the deception and illegality of placing the “signing bonus” money outside the consolidated fund.
The institution of VAT on private education, medical supplies, water and electricity over the last five years, took “the good life for all”, away from the masses.

Rudolph Singh

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