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Our leaders are blatant liars and should not be trusted
Dear Editor,
Homicide along with the senseless deaths of 20 children at Mahdia, and the frequent traffic accidents resulting in numerous deaths of our youths on the roadways have and continue to reap havoc in Guyana and no one is being held responsible for the mayhem on the roads and the disaster at Mahdia.
This is happening at a time when the United States oil giant, Exxon Mobile is raping and screwing Guyanese of their huge oil wealth and the government headed by the honcho and de facto president, who claims to be the only expert in the country continue to focus on building bridges and stadiums while the average Guyanese is starving. The captions of some of the deaths are on Tuesday and Wednesday (June 13&14) 2023 edition Kaieteur News paint a very dim picture in the country.
- Soldier shot dead by colleague at Timehri base.
- Young businessman found dead in Regent St. apartment.
- Two wanted for murder of GDF Coast Guard Officer.
- Pensioner beaten to death during argument.
- Biker killed in Mandela Avenue accident.
- Rice farmer stabbed to death, suspect arrested.
- Two friends die in Long Creek smash-up.
- North West man fatally shot with arrow during hunting trip.
- Letter Kenny fisherman dies after felled by wooden post.
While the ashes of the Madhia fire that took 20 precious young lives are still cooling and the moral psyche of all Guyanese is still healing, these chilling captions impart a daily dose of tragedy and reflect a morally decayed society where fires that could have been avoided if proper electric and building codes were in place have become normal. This along with the lack of drugs and very poor services at the hospitals, extra-long and tedious waiting periods for national ID cards, birth certificates, death certificates, house lots and almost everything else in all ministries have made Guyana a primitive country and the most backward in the Caribbean.
It is time for President Ali to call for the resignation of the incompetent and do-nothing Minister of Home Affairs and the arrogant, childish, and boorish Minister of Local government for the deaths of the 20 children at the Mahdia Secondary Female School Dorm. If Mr. Irfaan Ali is the real head of state, he will do the honourable thing and force those incompetent ministers to resign. But as all Guyanese know, he is not the real head of state, that title is with the honcho who made him the president. Is this the Dubai the jokers and our power drunk leaders claim that Guyana would become? No, never, not when the biggest culprit in the country, Exxon Mobil is grabbing 95 percent of our oil resources. Not when after 57 years of independence there are still endless power blackouts, lack of running water in most parts of the country, continuous floods all over the country with the slightest of rainfall, huge garbage pileup everywhere in the city and elsewhere and roads with oversized potholes. Does this sound like a modern country or one in the Stone Age? To all Guyanese, do not be fooled by the construction of new and large buildings, because it is the rich who are swindling the poor to become richer in a country where the poverty rate is at 68 percent and thousands of children go to school without a meal or as they say “hungry belly.”
Now that Local Government Elections are over, the salient question remains: what will change? Nothing except that the cost of living will increase, and the poor will become poorer and continue to suffer. The reason is the honcho, and the de facto President and self-anointed oil expert has turned Guyanese into beggars for crumbs because he depends on EXXON’s accountants to count the number of barrels of oil being pumped each month, to determine the company’s expenses and the amount of money Guyana should receive from each sale of oil. ExxonMobil does not allow a single Guyanese to be present on site for verification of the figures they present to the government. I want all Guyanese to know that Guyana has been placed in this pitiful situation by no one else that the honcho and de facto president. Not to mention that the honcho and de facto president and the rubber stamp president have promised during the election campaign to renegotiate the lopsided contract signed by the inept Granger government. Even though it is on tape, they have denied it. This is solid proof that our leaders are the most deceptive, devious, and blatant liars. The people should not trust them.
Regards,
Leyland Chitlall Roopnaraine
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