Dear Editor,
The promises in the APNU and PPP manifestoes show gross disrespect for Guyanese and failure to understand the needs of people in the modern age. It is clear that their intentions and policies are intended to keep us poor while giving away our resources to Big Oil and foreign interests.
They have no plans for addressing the problems in the bauxite and sugar communities nor those in the inner city and rural Guyana
Their line of thinking shows clearly why they failed in the past five decades and why they will always fail. It shows clearly why they have not and cannot address the problems of blackouts, joblessness, crime, healthcare and poor infrastructure. It explains why we have never realised the potential our abundant resources would afford us and us being the poorest in the region.
Our country needs better leadership and we must vote for it.
They have failed to deliver a future for our youths resulting in continuous migration. Who would trust any promises of the PPP and the PNC?
There is no bridge across the Demerara River after 23 years of PPP and five years of APNU. Even if they deliver on this, it would cost significantly more than our plan and take longer. The Cheddi Jagan International Airport is a case in point.
They have no credible and effective plan for bauxite, sugar, diversified large-scale agricultural development, large-scale industrial development and Linden development.
Big Government and extortionately high taxes? Yes; Corruption? Yes; Oil and gas renegotiation? No and not every Guyanese benefit under their plan.
Our plan for the use of oil proceeds is superior. We do not own the gas under the current production sharing agreement but we will change this and use the gas to power a massive industrialisation programme in which Guyanese have the dominant stake creating thousands of high paying jobs
They have no plan to attract the investments crucial for economic development. Further, recent events on secret deals for hotels and their record show that Guyanese will continue to be left behind with no stake in our own economy.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Badal
