Dear Editor,
The law teaches us not to lie, that is why before giving evidence in a court of law you are asked to take an oath using, whatever the supreme text or Holy Book that one subscribes to. This is meant to reduce the incidence of lying. And this is the problem we are faced with as a nation here in Guyana a lie, the problem of having to face up to daily doses of lies and half-truths, peddled by our political parties.
In fact, the rule is, if you lie to us once then everything else is treated as suspect, now this is the dilemma The Opposition has found itself into, so let us take a brief look into a few of these lying stories of the duplicitous bunch, on the opposite side. In the first instance it was the narrative that the people of this country would never be able to physically benefit from our sovereign wealth, all nice sounding words. Now that the $100,000 cash grant is a reality, The Opposition is thrown into mourning, and the lie they have peddled is now exposed, because the payout is a sure reality, moving forward.
One would have thought that they would have been remorseful seeing they were caught in a lie, instead the opposition have become more barefaced in their pursuit of the dissemination of innuendos and misinformation, hoping that it would gain some traction in the minds of the populace.
But the opposite has occurred, no one believes them, so they have moved over to another phase of their false information campaign. They are advocating that the NRF is a bogus setup so formed to enhance the image of the PPP/C Government, then let the NRF be controlled by The Opposition instead. Now, what a preposterous proposal, weren’t they the party who for two full years secretly hid the oil deal from this country? In addition, weren’t they the same culprits who hid the first oil monies (US$18M) that to this day we are searching to find its location? With such a duplicitous performance should we take their word that they have changed or should we be so stupid to allow such individuals to manage our affairs again? The answer is a resounding no!
We move on to the opposition vociferously calling for a halt to the verification process before a payout, calling it a waste of time and a duplication of information that is already in the system. Now, weren’t these the very same party who vigorously agitated for a new and “Clean voters List,” before next year’s general elections? Yes, it is, their claim being persons have died between the last general elections and the present time, so, let those persons be removed from the list of registrants.
Now, the government is going on that same logic, where verification before a cash payout, meaning, there are persons who would have died or migrated before the payout. So, to clear up any doubts as regards the recipient of the cash grant, there must be a photographic display of a living person before a payout. The Opposition is now talking from the other side of their mouths, vilifying the verification process, how duplicitous can they be? We are ever so wary of this duplicitous song The Opposition is singing.
Then there is this other drama queen with his fantasy comment of his party winning the next election with a “flawed voters list,” however, if they lose then there will be problems. Now, it is somewhat a good idea to have a dream in fantasy, however real world teaches us a different story. So, let me enlighten this comedian, an election is held for the people to express their free will as to who governs them, and not the other way round, that is, to soothe the emotions of a buffoon or his party, sorry sir, things are not like that in the civilized world.
So, I close by saying we the people are not easily swayed by lies and duplicitous people, we are very concerned with those who are called to lead us, a duplicitous and diabolical opposition is not one of them, Guyanese are much wiser now folks.
Respectfully,
Neil Adams
