Dear Editor,
I would like to respond to Mr Nohar Singh (Guyana Chronicle 2008/06/11) on a few issues. Mr. Singh you surely must be living in the past. After approximately 16 years with the PPP/C in power you are still blaming the PNC for the exodus of Guyanese?
That is why Guyana cannot move forward. The PNC should not be the scapegoat forever.
If this government is not forcing Guyanese out of Guyana, then why do 80% of our graduates leave, and 0..001% return to Guyana? You left in 1991 and returned in 2002 as a rich re-migrant. You do not have to go through the daily struggles of the ordinary Guyanese. So you have no right to comment about putting food on the table.
I have to ask you, can you survive on $40,000/ month? If you can honestly say yes, then I salute you. Only a magician can do that. If not for help from overseas many would starve Mr. Singh.
Listen, the PNC ran Guyana into bankruptcy, I agree. Is the PPP doing any better? Do you know of the loans they take?
Do you see the contractors who get awarded the contracts? There is a lot you do not know I guess. Are you part of the government Mr. Singh? Do not talk about corruption and the PPP. Guyana is rated as one of the most corrupt countries in the world.
And that is not because of the citizens. It is because of the government.
Mr. Singh I grew up in the days of Burnham. They were hard days. We tilled the soil, we reared livestock and we survived. Burnham’s ideas were good.
His execution of those ideas and the bunch of soup drinkers he had tagging along were his downfall.
Plus he became corrupted by power, just like the PPP that you adore Mr. Singh. There is no difference between the PPP and PNC. You should read Uncle Freddie for some enlightenment.
Kudos to Uncle Freddie for he is the only man who calls it as it is.
The PPP is going back to Burnham’s policies now. They are encouraging people to produce and consume locally.
Our dependency on the foreign foodstuff you so adore Mr. Singh is why our economy cannot sustain itself.
And finally Mr. Singh you must be impressed with the Stadium, the Buddy’s Hotel (all Guyanese are (were?) part owners (our tax money paid for some of it), the Berbice Bridge and the roads. I am impressed by what I see too Mr. Singh, but not blinded. Be careful of what you do not see!
Yours faithfully,
Nishard Williams
