Are all of our leaders fully emancipated or still suffer from mental slavery?

Jul 26, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – From all, congratulations to the Government and members of the Private Sector are in order as it relates to the Building Expo opened last Friday.

It was both grand and propitious but for his propitious properties to be realized we require perhaps a sort of metamorphosis at the highest level.

On a close examination of the Address by Head of State, President Ali and to compare it the promises in the PPP Election Manifesto there are a scrutiny of the PPP manifesto promise there are some serious inconsistencies, which based on the experience of the current and previous administrations suggest behind all of this secrecy and the suffocation of information to the public can hardly be surprised at the existing perception of nepotism and corruption.

A few days ago, notwithstanding the increase to 47.7 billion dollars in the 2022 budget, the Government is now seeking and no doubt with the one seat majority in Parliament would obtain the additional 44.4 billion dollars requested by the Hon. Minister of Finance.

The Economist and Financial experts can argue whether this massive fund in the second half of this year can lead to inflation or what have you is a matter for the experts.

Dear Editor, what is very clear is that a truly caring Government would by now have announced that beginning the 1st of June, the salaries of all Policeman, Fireman, The Army, Public Servants and Pensioners would be doubled so that they can overcome the daily rising cost of living.

The Government must explain and our Labour Unions must also say why an aggressive action is not being taken to immediately double the wages and salaries of all Public Sector employees.

Instead we seem to have a President and Government wedded to not provide the details of how the vast sum available from our natural resources are being utilized, instead we have a ‘Father Christmas’ approach of doling out funds as we would say in a “cas-cas” manner, particularly in a polarized society where the beneficiaries of this “cas-cas” distribution by Father Christmas seem to exclude some of those in greatest need.

Speaking with some ordinary Public Servants who enjoyed sitting and relaxing and savoring the ambience of the furniture and home at the Building Expo, their pain and dilemma were how can they enjoy these things when the cost of food and basic items for life have grown beyond the present budget.

As we approach the second anniversary of the PPP/C government in office and the observing of the anniversary of the end of formal slavery, a date most of greatest historical importance because it ended the most brutal form of inhumanity known in recent history.

At the same time, it opened the doorway to let in Immigrants from India, China and Madeira in what today is the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.

If the Ali administration had any sense, any bit of compassion and even a modicum of equity, justice and decency they would have used these vast sums available at this time to double wages and salaries for all public servants and the pensions of the old without further procrastination.

Beyond that my plea is that our leaders demonstrate genuine patriotism, will set aside the current infantile attitude. and together re-negotiate that ridiculous oil and gas contract so that all Guyana can be another prosperous Dubai and Saudi Arabia and so that we bequeath to this and succeeding generations a country that is prosperous, a country that is peaceful and a country where we vindicate the suffering for those who are enslaved and we will be true to the sacrifices of the descendants of those hard working Immigrants and so fulfill the dreams of some of our early leaders for free education from kindergarten to University and for a good healthcare system, and have an energized Ministry of Sports and Culture so we can proudly boast of a Gold Medal or two at the next Olympics.

And we will make a reality our Motto, One People, One Nation, One Destiny.

The big question is are all of our leaders and I repeat all, fully emancipated or still suffer from mental slavery?

As we see in some recent proposals, are we still susceptible to imperialist machinations and are slowly being recolonised if not re-enslaved?

Hamilton Green

Elder

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