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Mar 29, 2009 Letters
Dear Editor,
I appeal to your newspaper and every other media organisation, NGO’s and caring Civil Society Organisations to petition the powers that be, that along with current allegations of mismanagement at GWI there will be an investigation of the ‘human rights abuses.
Maybe that might be too frightening a term but let there be an assessment of the hiring and firing practices at GWI. The Guyanese people can be assured that such an assessment will expose the many injustices meted out to hard working citizens who had chosen GWI to develop their careers; many were fired unjustly to make way for key players to be positioned to facilitate the running of the entity in a way that would surely make the present allegations of mismanagement and corruption easily possible.
It is good that Guyana is having at this point in time a working class Government that cares for justice for ordinary people. It is a fact that many hard working people have lost not only their jobs but all accrued benefits for services rendered to GWI (and at extension to the Guyanese people) for 10 to 25 years. Cries to the Unions, Office of the President, Office of the Permanent Secretary and Ministry of Housing and Water have all fell on deaf ears.
“Let’s make GWI a case study” was an appeal in the letter columns of the newspapers that also fell on deaf ears, just as the many other comments that appeared in the letter columns.
Today, in Guyana we are subject to a leadership style that has no place for constructive criticism, or the highlighting of poor governance or poor management practices. Despite the alleged conditions of kickbacks (bribes) for contract allocation, an examination of the trend of those allocations of contracts will find much wanting as it relates to equal opportunities for all and the so called level playing field.
GWI would make a classical case in support of the findings of the much rejected findings of the recent study undertaken by the UN expert Ms. Gay McDougall. While I am by no means an expert or even well learnt when it comes to Sociological issues, or matters pertaining to race relations or minorities issues in multi-racial societies like our, I can declare empathically, that I can associate the findings of this study to be illustrative of the general perception of most citizens that allow themselves to indulged in conversations/discussions/gaffs of this nature.
As a Guyanese who has pledged to remain at home despite the economic challenges, I have being exposed to the workings of the public and private sectors and the operations of our RDC’s. I have meddled with Guyanese society; upper class, middle class, so called lower class and ghettoes and this report of Ms. McDougall is definitely a reflection of the perception of our people. To a great extent members of our private sector don’t care a dam once the policies and programmes of the State do not come in direct conflict with their personal/business interest. It is quite true that our Amerindian brothers and sisters as a minority group have issues but no one can dispute the fact that the present administration spends millions on the welfare and development of this group, maybe with its own covert agenda.
Regardless of the agenda this group is being tended to decisively. It is therefore my hope that the investigations of these allegations at GWI will be the beginning of a process that will rid our society of these little gods that were place in positions of authority to see over the nations business. Let decency and order be restored to the way things are done at GWI and Guyana at large.
Concerned Citizen
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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