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Apr 24, 2024 Editorial
Kaieteur News – Hear the word excuse and Bharrat Jagdeo’s name immediately surfaces. The chief policymaker for the PPPC Government is Guyana’s chief excuse maker. Matters have gone so bad that even the Opposition, no tower of strength itself, has criticized Jagdeo for one lame excuse after another relative to the release of the Wales gas-to-energy (GTE) project.
The Opposition has described the chief policymaker’s behaviour as ‘juvenile’ but we think that is giving him too much credit for maturing years, since his behaviour is more infantile than juvenile. We agree with the Opposition that the former president fancies himself to be the brightest person in the room, which he isn’t. This is not even when he is the only person in the room because that accolade goes to the mosquitoes that may be buzzing about. But on one essence, there must never be any doubt: Jagdeo is always in the running when the conversation is about who is the most cunning.
The GTE stands as a solid example. It is one of Jagdeo’s newest pet projects. This is the first clue, for whenever this political operator is so bent on a particular project, there is more to it than what meets the eye. There are always some hidden components, many of them that must be kept from the prying eyes of the population. For the skeptical, we have a question for consideration. When was the last time that there was a huge, expensive project where Guyanese were given all the documents and told everything by Jagdeo? Straight answers and total transparency are foreign to this national leader. This has prompted many Guyanese to conclude that he runs the country’s business as if it was some personal business that he has on the side which must be kept secret. Since he is so high on the Wales GTE, it makes for the best commonsense to put all contracts related to it in the public domain. Any other leader and policymaker would be proud to place his studies, his strategies, and his methods before the public. Confident men and women do that, and those who value transparency and accountability ensure that whatever they do are about those two essentials.
If they don’t do so, then they have no credibility. All types of questions and misgivings are stirred about how much they can be trusted. Due to his style and actions, his lame excuses and flock of flaccid defenders running futilely to his rescue, Jagdeo has brought these less than inspiring interpretations about his standards of conduct in the management of the great responsibilities that have been put in his hands. As matters stand, he should know more about the Wales GTE than any other person in Guyana since it has been his baby from the inception (with none other known to this point).
Clear and crisp answers to questions should roll off his tongue like quicksilver. Hiding and lashing out and seeking to deny the media and civil society questioners are not the attributes of anyone pretending to be half smart, much less the brightest fluorescent tube in the room. Such behaviors are part of the standard operating practices of someone who is either insecure or ignorant and liking one or the other.
The cost of the GTE has spiraled, and Guyanese are still unsure what the final price is going to be. This is a development that calls for patient and repeated explanations. Throwing tantrums do not chase Guyanese away, only open their eyes about the quality of leadership they have in Jagdeo. A litany of excuses being made whenever the issue of publishing the GTE contracts does not add any leadership luster to the Vice President. It simply intensifies a couple of thoughts. First, does he know what he is doing, getting Guyanese into? Second, what is he up to with this GTE project, truly up to, with all these secret closets and webs of haze involving the related contracts? Third, how can he or his PPPC Government ever claim to be about transparency and accountability when there are these many excuses and cover-ups?
The GTE could be a good thing for Guyanese. But not when managed like this by Jagdeo.
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