Dear Editor,
I concur with Minister Kwame McCoy when he stated that, “The lives of every Guyanese are being transformed through the implementation of inclusive and effective policies.” He added that “… the government is laying the foundation for the development and advancement of Guyana and its people.” Since the thrust of the Minister’s intent is to debunk the idea that Government is partisan, I will just highlight where the PPP/C is going that ‘extra-mile’. In Linden alone, and in a matter of two years, unprecedented progress has been ongoing here.
You see Editor, the PNC, couched and morphed into the ANU/AFC, cannot produce written nor actual evidence, that they have done anything of substance for ‘their’ people. The opposition and their confederates are busy creating mischief and drumming up strife within our communities. While they are doing so, the PPP/C Government is constructively engaged with Afro-Guyanese leaders, groups, and communities who were neglected and used under the APNU+AFC administration.
Then adding to that, Prime Minister Mark Phillips stepped in and brought awareness to the fact that government engagements have pronounced in southern Georgetown, Mocha/Arcadia, Linden, Buxton, Golden Grove, and Melanie Damishana etc. What is positive about these ventures is that it is nothing resembling a ‘hand-out’ gesture. These ‘meetings and discussions’ form part of the “… working solutions with residents to address community needs such as improved roads, bridges, potable water supply, access to agricultural lands, and the resolution of long-standing land issues among others.”
So right now, here in this land, “Contractors from within Afro-Guyanese communities are benefiting directly from the infrastructural development taking place (as in the case of Buxton where 25 contracts were recently awarded to repair bridges in the community).” It is in this vein that Prime Minister, Brigadier (Ret’d) Mark Phillips, explained that “As an Afro-Guyanese from the town of Linden, I am proud to be part of the PPP/C Administration where all Guyanese, inclusive of Afro-Guyanese, have equal access to opportunities and where national policies and programmes are never influenced by race.”
So, to the Opposition Leader, Aubrey Norton, and his few voice pieces, I challenged them to counter what the Minister said, that is, “The irrefutable evidence playing out before our eyes daily, in facts and figures, that the PPP/C administration is serious about transforming Guyana into a prosperous nation for all Guyanese.”
Sincerely,
H. Singh