More questions than answers

Jul 16, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

When I read GuySuCo’s Press statement titled, ‘GuySuCo sets the record straight’ I became convinced that there is indeed a great effort to deceive and mislead not only the sugar workers and the public but the Government as well. This paid press release is hollow and void of any real essence and raised many more questions but provided no answers, just plain whitewash and balderdash. There is a deceiving lack of substance which would suggest that GuySuCo is struggling with its communication to the media.

This reminds me of Johnny Nash’s masterpiece, ‘More questions than answers…the more I find out the less I know…what shall we take and how much shall we give…’. I will be grateful if another ‘press release’ is done by GuySuCo to answer these questions so that all the stakeholders will be better informed.

Why was the independent test of the fixed frame and the articulated tractors done on land that is flat rather than the Dutch beds that needed conversion? The main purpose of buying the 190 HP tractors is to convert Dutch beds yet the test between the 2 tractors was done on flat beds which favored the articulated tractors? Why is it that no representative from John Deere was invited but one from GAME X was invited? Where did GuySuCo get the 2020 productivity information from to do a comparison when no articulated tractor was in Guyana? Why were the exact same results in 2020 were again presented in 2021? Is there a deliberate effort to resuscitate and provide financing for GAME X?
More questions: Who comprised ‘the team of independent professionals’ that prepared the pro-articulated tractor report? Are these the persons promoted to their level of incompetence (Peter’s Principle)? And who received salary increases and incentives over other staff? The Board needs to investigate this.

More questions: Why was more than one third of Guysuco’s cultivation comprised of 5 ratoons and more canes were abandoned? These were producing more canes per hectare that the 4 ratoon canes. Why fertilized the 4 ratoons which were producing less and abandon the canes producing more? Let the record speak. Was the Board part of this decision making? GAWU submitted facts and evidences that the if the current fleet of tillage tractors was fully utilized then Guysuco would have surpassed its tillage target but the Union made it known that tillage is not the only problem which plagues the Corporation. There was no immediate need for procurement and even if there was then John Deere would have been the ideal choice.
Lastly, was the abandonment of one third of the Corporation’s cultivation done primarily to create the ‘need and urgency’ to procure these unsuitable tractors? There are compelling evidences and a strong correlation to support this assumption. Definitely, there is a big game with GAME X.
Yours sincerely,
Narendra Lall

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