Dear Editor,
Having been systematically dosed with empty promises and propaganda which the government has used as a curtain for their double-dealing, Guyanese have been generally left not much better off after two decades of the PPP’s government.
Public sector workers still grapple with depressed wages, and they have been disenfranchised by the government in addressing salary issues. The sugar industry is on the verge of collapse, thanks to the magical mastery of government, with many sugar workers being displaced, and their families thrown into financial chaos. A disproportionate share of our children leave school every year with less than acceptable grades, damaging their chances for success in our advancing technological environment. The private sector has been effectively muzzled, having learnt from the hard experience of one of their stalwarts, Tony Vieira.
In fact, the only section of Guyanese who cannot complain are the PPP and their capitalist companies through which the party intends to execute its master plan of development. Returning the PPP to office would hand them the mandate to implement stronger control measures, and reinforce their corruption.
Guyanese have the opportunity to put an end to the rampant corruption and injustices being perpetrated against themselves and their children at this upcoming general election. They need to be wary of the lies and shallow scare tactics of the PPP. After more than two decades of living in the rough, Guyanese are still influenced by, and feed on the PPP’s references to the ‘dark days’ of the PNC. As I have mentioned in previous letters, Guyanese would live in peace and harmony, except for the strife stirred up by reckless politicians.
Guyanese, if they thought for a moment and examined the real issues behind the PNC’s administration more than two decades ago, would realize that it was the same PNC, of which Greenidge was a part, which recognized the weaknesses of socialism implemented under Burnham, and worked with the IMF to restructure Guyana’s economy, which was recognized as a success in the international community.
More significantly, neither Hoyte nor Greenidge were fingered in corruption, and it was the PNC under the leadership of Desmond Hoyte who recognized the will of the people, returning Guyana to true democracy in 1992.
Although Burnham’s choice of socialism was unfortunate, two monuments to his commitment to Guyana’s national development and prosperity are the Linden Highway, which has outlasted many of the roads built by the PPP, and the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
Messrs David Granger, Khemraj Ramjattan and Moses Nagamootoo have in a very short time proven themselves to be statesmen committed the development of Guyana. We need to seriously examine the proposals of these gentlemen and make a conscious vote to reclaim our future.
Yours faithfully,
Craig Sylvester
