APNU+AFC Member of Parliament (MP) Nima Flue-Bess has laid the blame squarely at the door of the government for the “embarrassing” blackout on the night of October 1st at the Guyana National Stadium during a highly anticipated Caribbean Premier League (CPL) cricket match.
The MP opined that under the PPP/C administration, national embarrassments seem to have become the hallmark of Guyana, while emphasising that the power outage was not an isolated incident, but part of a pattern of neglect, poor management and a government asleep at the wheel.
“Imagine, millions of viewers worldwide, their eyes fixed on Guyana, were suddenly left in the dark—literally. The blackout was just another symptom of the deep-seated issues plaguing our nation’s sporting infrastructure, despite funds being allocated in the national budget to maintain these facilities. The cracks in our system are showing—leaky roofs, filthy stadiums, and now a total power outage at an event of this magnitude.”