PPP/C party supporters are disgruntled

Nov 27, 2021 Letters

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Dear Editor,

One letter writer in the newspaper has boldly asked the famous (infamous) question, “Where are the Indian activists today, why are they not speaking up on vital issues?” He further commended three such representatives who do comment and stated a few others who have been “marginalised.” Fans have resorted to Facebook as a preferential resource and this media reach some two billion readers daily. No wonder Guyana’s issues are been published on Facebook and there is a high degree of interaction with articles, questions, queries, answers, statements, comments and opinions. The subject writer’s article was highlighted and drew acclaimed responses.
It is interesting to note the positive responses and an open frankness displayed without reservation, fear or uncertainty. The robust outbursts and august remarks are not flattering for the PPP/C Party and if this is an indication of a shared mutual consensus across Guyana, then, the PPP/C Party is in hot water again. They need to revisit their state of complacency. It is not easy for the PPP/C Party’s supporters to admit that the Party wants to : (1) stay alive and breathe freely, (2) Guyanese are sold lock, stock and barrel and there is nothing the poor man can do, (3) Guyanese presently will be worse off than during the colonial era, (4) the fear of domination from the foreign invasion, (4) the PPP/C Party has resorted to their same old habits of yesteryear, (5) their foot soldiers would not make the sacrifice again.
Most Guyanese voted the PPP/C Party back in power because they wanted a change in Government from the callous APNU/AFC Party administration. They really thought that they can trust the PPP/C Party more than Granger’s APNU/AFC. They had faith that the PPP/C Party will not indulge in the financial misappropriations of the predecessors. They believed that transparency will be the PPP/C Party’s first name. They trusted the PPP/C Party to deliver Guyana from the jaws of Exxon.
They looked forward for the PPP/C Party to keep their campaign promise to change the Oil Contract. They envisaged that the PPP/C Party will confront Trotman and his cahoots to reveal the mystery of the 2% Royalty, the lopsided agreement and the US$18M signing bonus scandal. They hoped that the PPP/C Party will relinquish the Chinese strangulation. They went to bed to dream that the PPP/C Party will finally have a balance in all of the Disciplined Forces, the Government Agencies and the Public Service. They envisaged that the PPP/C Party will regulate the atrocious Banking Practices, cost of doing business with the banks and the banks strenuous requirements and conditions. They prayed for the PPP/C Party to revamp GECOM. They expected the PPP/C Party to deal firmly, quickly and condignly (not chidingly) with the perpetrators of election fraud. They wanted the PPP/C Party to weed out all the baggage carriers, the non-working workers, the padded pay roll extravagance, the political appointees and the moles. They premeditated that the PPP/C Party will streamline the management at UG. They prayed that the PPP/C Party will reduce the atrocious crime rate and stabilise security. They desired the PPP/C Party will take control of the hazardous and fatal Traffic situation. They begged for the PPP/C Party to eliminate bribery from all facets of conducting business in Guyana. They looked forward for the day when the PPP/C Party will declare kickbacks, perks and greasy hands will be a thing of the past. They wanted the PPP/C Party to qualify migration to mean Guyanese returning home in full force from overseas and not vice-versa. They pleaded with the PPP/C Party to make the small man, the real man.
They foresaw the PPP/C Party will practise liberty, equality and fraternity. They admonished the PPP/C Party to suppress class differences and to bridge the gap between the rich and the not so rich. They begged the PPP/C Party to remove the strugglers and stragglers from the poverty line. They cried for the PPP/C Party to remove the knee from their necks so that they can enjoy a fair playing field. They never expected the PPP/C Party will take them for granted to be used and abused! They never anticipated that the PPP/C Party will drive them to once again seek an alternative to resolve their issues. They never professed that the PPP/C Party will become questionable for honesty, integrity and loyalty. They never conceptualised that the PPP/C Party will now become tongue-twisters to make fools out of the simple folks and lie to them. They find it difficult to accept the fact that the leaders of the PPP/C Party are bleeders.
They are peeved that the PPP/C Party will also indulge in selling out the rights of this country to foreigners rather than to allow our own Guyanese to partake in its richness. They didn’t see the PPP/C Party pulling the wool over their eyes. They cannot comprehend the unfathomable, the unthinkable and the unimaginable behind the door secret agreements and arrangements that the PPP/C Party are also entertaining. They feel that the PPP/C Party has let them down disgracefully and disappointingly and to allow their hands to fall shamefully and awkwardly. They are offended by the pittances handed down to the nation to keep people quiet and to think that they are really doing a great job and looking after the interest of the people. They know that the PPP/C Party is another opportunist organisation and that they have failed to live up to expectations.
Yours faithfully,
Jai Lall

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