Dear Editor,
The poor of Guyana are still at sea when it comes to a living wage, human rights and security. A society that has a malfunctioning judiciary cannot achieve any kind of progress, it will sink further in anarchy and poverty.
After so many years of self rule the citizens are still living in hope for basic amenities that are standard in many states close to Guyana. Potable water and uninterrupted power remain dreams.
The high cost of living smacks of increasing taxation without representation. Guyana is a cowboy state, drunks terrorize the innocents and the poor dream of a better day.
Fr Malcolm Rodrigues commented recently on dictatorship, I hope Guyanese take notice and remember the days of draconian laws that ruled the land. All I can see is emptiness expanding. Some talk about the stadium, the proliferation of big buildings all over the country and thousands of the latest vehicles as signs of progress.
We all know that is not so, that kind of progress is related to the recent discovery of an airstrip used in the narco business.
Guyana is very fertile ground for illegal activities and businesses, the infrastructure of corruption coupled with poverty. Recent news indicate that there are several Colombians in the country involved in illegal activities. While the administration is busy attacking the opposition PNC and working towards staying in power the poor country is rudderless. I am yet to see any alumni of The Friendship University doing his country good.
Yours faithfully,
Vijay Singh
