QATAR AND CATAHAR GUYANA

Jan 09, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – Come November of this year, Guyanese will be watching the World Cup of soccer that will be played in Qatar. As images of Qatar are shown on television, Guyanese will see a country that looks like a fairytale wonderland, the stadiums built for the matches are so majestic they look out of this world. The modern, high tech and state of the art, public infrastructure and facilities rivals the best of any other country. Several years ago I watched an interview CNN did with the leader of Qatar in which he said, citizens of Qatar will enjoy the best standard of living possible from their oil wealth. That man has kept his word, today Qataris don’t do unskilled jobs, every government service in Qatar is free, even as it is the best in the world, they pay no taxes, if Qataris choose to study abroad everything gets paid for, and yes, the government pays for all funerals for every citizen, they even have indoor winter parks where Qataris can enjoy snow in the desert. As Guyanese will be glued to the television on the excitement of the games, they should reflect that, Guyana could have been better than Qatar. Guyana has more and better quality of oil than Qatar. Guyana has many more valuable resources other than oil than Qatar. Guyana has food producing lands that Qatar does not. Guyana was blessed with a natural flora and fauna environment of majestic rain forests, rivers and green landscape while Qatar is a desert. Guyana is a democratic country Qatar is not. Qatar however has something Guyana does not have, that is, Qatar’s leaders put the interest of their people above their own selfish needs, because of the senseless, squandering and selfish leadership of Guyana, added to a population that is reluctant to fight for the wealth that is rightfully theirs, Guyana will become a catahar rather than a Qatar.

R. David

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