Government must also be held accountable on Oil and Gas

Mar 19, 2021 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

Kaieteur News – I always look forward for columns and or letters from Freddie Kissoon, GHK Lall, and Dr. Vishnu Bisram, among other intellectuals. They are among my most favourite writers in the mass media. And they write on varied subjects although Freddie focuses mostly on politics. I find them fair, balanced, objective, non-racial, and professional and men of integrity and decency. They are spot on in their analyses of issues. No political party in Guyana or government would appreciate them because of their no, nonsensical attitude and opposition to corruption and bad governance. They are courageous for penning their views and deserve media prizes and national honours for their writings.
I also look forward for Ravi Dev’s columns in another newspaper. I also praise his and the contributions of the trio to the media. While they all were very critical, and rightly so, of the performance of APNU+AFC in governance (May 2015 to July 2020) and in opposition since then, I observe that only GHK Lall has been critical of the PPP administration in effort to hold it accountable. Dev, Freddie, and Bisram have not similarly held the PPP accountable for transgressions as GHK Lall and as the trio did assailing APNU+AFC for poor governance. Why this silence on the PPP administration for varied allegations relating to probity and policies?
The PPP broke its promise to revisit the oil contract and to make public various studies and investigations into oil and gas. These are yet to be released. The gas-to-shore project was announced before any pronouncement of studies or feasibility or affordability. Only when Mr. Glenn Lall questioned the project on his show and quizzed Vice President, Jagdeo, the government announced there would be four studies on gas-to-shore. And until now, a month later, we still don’t know which companies have been contracted to conduct the four studies and about what.
Aren’t these esteemed commentators, men looked upon by the nation for righteousness, troubled by the current government’s behaviour, especially at secrecy, giving out contracts, and position on oil and gas? This government, like the opposition, must also be held accountable for good governance.

Yours truly
Hema Lokenauth

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