Silence is not a choice anymore

Dear Editor,
Every report I have received from Guyana is one of “it has never been this bad economically.”
Only last night in my conversation with a senior Guyanese Private Sector official, he alluded to the fact that in one of his conversations with the ordinary people (in this case some Parika boatmen), they expressed much despair about their economic future.  They are increasingly seeing a life of destitution and financial depression under this Granger regime.
But while the Ministers are ignoring the plight of the ordinary people from their temporary sand castles, it is shocking how indifferent they are to the needs of the people. The fact remains the people were patient for two years and have given this increasingly incompetent Granger regime the benefit of the job; but it seems to get worse by the hour in Guyana.
If one read scriptures especially the book of Ezekiel in the Bible, such a situation is written about. That sacred text outlined such ignorance by the rulers and it defines the cause such ignorance as nothing else but plain old greed. Can we understand now why the entire tender procedures are being trampled upon by key players in this Granger regime on all sorts of projects?  Where are the so-called men of good governance like Nagamootoo and Ramjattan?
Misusing our oil related assets and for that matter any assets will only devour the future of our women, our children and our underprivileged. And we all know what happens to society when those classes of people are devoured.
The facts remains that every day that goes by, these gross untruths from the Granger regime seems to be getting persistently more regular. And we all thought that the leader of the pack was a kneeling and prayerful man? Well we now know and therefore it is our duty to oppose, expose and depose.
But more help is needed especially from the righteous religious community leaders.  They cannot continue to be silent on these incidents of pillage and misrule by the unrighteous rulers.  Silence from the religious leaders is nothing but an unholy cover in the face of this political and economic oppression.
The plain truth remains Minister Patterson does know what he is talking about when he spoke about the awarding of oil blocks in Guyana. Slice it and dice it how you like; the fact remains Minister Patterson made a mistake in his public utterance but so far in an aloft manner has refused to correct the records which has now established that his words were furthest from the truth.
The empirical evidence clearly illustrated that all of the offshore oil blocks were not allocated, so it was a gross untruth on the part of Patterson to attempt to represent otherwise.
The truth remains and the GGMC records reveals that 100 per cent of the offshore oil blocks were NOT distributed. There is still the Pomeroun Block, the important block next to the oil rich Stabroek Block (which I understand is earmarked for development by a consortium that included front companies for two Government Ministers), the block about 250 miles North of Berbice next to the Canje block and the two near-shore blocks outside of the Essequibo and Demerara coast.
When a Minister swears to carry out the function of the office, he does so with an understanding that he shall act ethically and with integrity.  Unfortunately, the axis of evil that is now firmly in control of the Granger regime seems to be on a path that encourages unethical human behaviours. Thus, we the people must be prepared for an increasing amount of untruth, financial mischief and plundering of the Treasury over the next two years. But our response must be firm but peaceful resistance against the oppression. Silence is not a choice anymore.

Regards,
Sase Singh