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Corruption in Guyana is not merely a political problem—it’s a business model
Dear Editor,
This is the real face of corruption in Guyana: not random theft, but a structured alliance, it is the PPP’s business model unfortunately. Politicians steer the contracts; elites get rich and the nation’s future is buried under a flood of shady deals and favours. Access to opportunities is restricted, and the show continues.
It appears to thrive because a handful of wealthy families, business elites and sketchy groups and persons of interest bankroll the PPP, stay silent on corruption and cash in on every big project. They don’t speak out when taxpayers are robbed—they speak only when launching a new product, cutting a ribbon, or whining that crime might hurt their businesses. Meanwhile, their companies benefit from government favour, inside information on state investments, and monopoly privileges that ordinary Guyanese will never see; former PPP stalwarts, Ralph Ramkarran and Mosses Nagamootoo among others have publicly written about and discussed and spoke ad nauseam how this is done within the PPP and by whom.
Call out the families and businesses that continue to feed off corruption and profit from PPP rule under Jagdeo and Ali. Shine the light. Name them. Shame them. Boycott them. Follow the money—and you’ll uncover the real network of enablers keeping Guyana trapped in corruption and the consequences flowing from this.
Finally, I am surprised that the PPP campaign has made zero election campaign promises to unearth corruption and take legal action against those found involved, regardless of party affiliation or whom culprits are politically and otherwise connected to. How does the PPP intend to deal with the issue of private sector and government-enabled corruption? The silence is deafening. And what about the PNC crossovers who once railed against corruption from the opposition benches—have they suddenly seen the light too? Or are they now, like Clinton Urling once infamously said, simply shrugging their shoulders and asking, “show me the evidence”?
Regards,
C.A. Singh
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