Dear Editor,
One can understand that Mr Basil Williams, an attorney, is appointed Attorney General or that Dr Rupert Roopnaraine, an educator, is appointed as the new Minister of Education.
It should not be a “surprise” that the extremely powerful and newly created Ministry of the Presidency, is now responsible for the Ministry of Natural Resources & the Environment, and not Dr Roopnaraine.
But what is the reason for appointing Mr Carl Greenidge, a former Minister of Finance some 25 years ago, today’s Minister of Foreign Affairs? Is not his expertise economics? And all of Guyana has no one else who is qualified for this post?
One seems to recall that this is the same nepotism that occurred under the previous administration when, for example, it took a former Minister of Health and appointed him a Minister of Agriculture.
This is not change, but more of the same, as the saying goes. Perhaps this was done to groom the gentleman for a potential role as a future PNC party leader. If this is so, then we have the interest of the people (or government), being used to promote the interest of a party. Quite refreshing.
Yours faithfully,
Rakesh Rampertab
