Dear Editor,
A few days ago, the CEO of one of Guyana’s most accomplished engineering and construction companies declared his support for the ruling PPP. Mr Brian Tiwarie has made a profound endorsement at a time when discussions – bordering on life support – of forming a coalition between two other major parties have collapsed.
In reality, it is difficult for any PNC-AFC merger to get back into power following the aftermath of the 2015-2020 rule of the Coalition, which epitomizes the old saying: out of the coffin and into the grave.
It must be remembered that Mr Tiwarie is former Adviser to Minister of State Joseph Harmon during the Coalition, and his company has built numerous schools, roads and sea defence structures throughout the country.
During the handing over of some equipment he procured from MACORP’s subsidiary ISG, the main manufacturer of Caterpillar machinery, Tiwarie spoke about the infrastructural vision the PPP/C government has for the country, and said he is supporting the party. No doubt BK, as he is popularly known, can make a great impact on the country’s crumbling infrastructure, and vastly improve the poor quality of work, especially on road construction, that has proliferated.
Objectively, and not in defence of the PPP, the party has weathered beatings, newsprint blockades, rigged elections, insults about its Marxist leanings, and castigation of its support base.
Vice President Jagdeo stands out as the salient whipping boy, the man who almost invariably has to withstand the incessant barrage of insults and accusations.No need to state that he has stood his ground with courage and dedication; most profoundly, he continues to articulate for improvements throughout the land, an attribute that has been the envy of all in high office on both sides of the oil.
Notwithstanding, the PPP has emerged as a far better organization to charter the course of Guyana. No name changes since its formation seventy-five years ago, vis-a-vis the comical somersault of the PNC into PNC/Reform APNU, then Coalition, then back to APNU, only an incorporation of a Civic component to augment its governance acumen.
Sincerely,
Leyland Chitlall
Roopnaraine
