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Jan 06, 2014 Letters
Dear Editor,
Surprise! Surprise! So the PPP General Secretary, Clement Rohee has been reading his Marxist/Leninist literature again, but now that he is awaken from his slumber, he is more than two decades late.
His archaic way of thinking is no longer relevant in Guyanese society. Is he selling dictatorship to his PPP supporters? Is he berating/belittling or abandoning one of their stalwart supporters—the individual who convinced them that the PPP will win a landslide victory with 63% of the votes in the 2011 election?
As Mr. Rohee tries to salvage what little support is left of the PPP, he must know that the “political hogwash” he is spewing cannot turn the clock back for the PPP – the majority of Guyanese have spoken in the last election and they have permanently abandoned them.
But in addition to the PPP losing more of its former supporters every day (the rural folks, the farmers, the working class), the corrupt elements who control the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal will never allow him to establish a “broad left, progressive, democratic front”, since such a front will demand accountability, transparency, good governance and an end to corruption.
Can the Jagdeo cabal handle accountability and transparency? Would they want corruption to end? Mr. Rohee ought to know that before they could regain any support, the PPP must lower the toll on the Berbice Bridge to $1,000 for cars and mini-buses and allow free passage for motorcycles, reduce VAT by 2 percent, give the workers a 15 percent increase and increase the pension for elders from $12,500 per month to $20,000 per month, in addition to reducing crime and corruption.
Does Mr. Rohee think that the greedy and powerful Jagdeo cabal in the PPP will implement any of the above issues? Would they allow free and transparent tendering for the multi-billion dollar procurement contract for medical supplies to slip out of their grasp? That is G$600 million lost for them every year. Dream on Rohee!
There is nothing broad or nothing leftist about the way the current Ramotar administration conducts itself. The reality is the Jagdeo cabal within the Ramotar administration are extremely narrow-minded, greedy people who are not prepared to share the wealth of the nation with anyone else but themselves and there is nothing leftist about them.
Actually, they operate more like extreme capitalists who want to devour all the resources in the country. They have already raped the treasury and have taken the best lands for themselves, and have pawned the country’s natural resources to their friends.
So rest yourself Mr. Rohee and stop talking political froth and get real. We know you are “bazadee” at this point in time as the crime wave exposes your gross incompetence, but it is no excuse for political fantasy. The decent thing to do is to deal with the crime issue and stop interfering with the daily operations of the police rather than blow a smoke screen for the people with these empty and balderdash statements to hide the truth.
The truth is the PPP is losing political support every single day because of its inept policies, lack of trust and its crooked ways, and that reality will not change before the next General Elections. If we are wrong, we dare Mr. Rohee and the PPP to call General Elections in 2014.
Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish Singh
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