Govt must move on to progressive path, ignore PNC’s efforts at destabilisation

Dear Editor,
It is as clear as the noonday sun that the PNC are not going to allow the PPP/C Government to rule in peace. They know fully well that the PPP/C will deliver on their mandate to implement projects that would redound to the benefit of this country, and, in this regard, they have placed themselves in the position of a stumbling block, to frustrate the Government in every illegal way.
It is a demonic plan which is as evil as the diabolical PNC themselves. They are prepared to exploit every available opportunity to get their message across, so we are in for another few months of the workings of this evil plan.
At the present moment, they have adopted a three-pronged attack:
1)The nurses and their agitation for allowances, protective gear and better working conditions. As frontline workers, the nurses are in a very delicate position, where they have to deal with a deadly and debilitating pandemic. Cases are rising; and as the number of positive cases keep going up, the death rate climbs.
Now, the Government has budgeted for this sector by putting aside some $150M for those workers. However, when you look at some things they are clamouring for on the picket lines, it tells you that there is more to this protest than meets the eye; there is that underlying seething cauldron of politics marked all over it.
Reading from one placard, it states, “We need duty-free concessions on imported vehicles.” You cannot convince anyone, even those with half a brain, that this has any bearing on better working conditions; this is purely a case of the nurses being used as pawns in a political scheme.
And to add to this is the asinine remark by GPSU President Patrick Yarde, who openly said that Government should take the monies earmarked for the Sugar Industry and give it to the nurses. Well, I’d be damned that only the nurses are considered workers, and they and only they are important and worthy of a handsome remuneration. What is he saying? Aren’t sugar workers people? Aren’t they part of Guyana? what is he really telling us? What about the thousands of other persons – many with families to take care of – who are struggling on a daily basis to eke out a living? What about them?
The second attack comes by way of the squatters. These are now on the frontline, carrying out a volatile attack on the Government with their “homeless mantra call”.
What are these squatters telling us? How, all of a sudden, have all of these souls become homeless? Who and what made them homeless? Where did they come from? Did they suddenly appear out of the earth, or did they come from a celestial country and landed here right on GuySuCo land? Which is it? The point is clear: these people, having knowledge that a change of Government was imminent, began taking up position on the corporation’s land, knowing fully well this was an illegal act. Helped by the Opposition, the squatters are in a strong-arm stance, ready and able to bully this Government into accepting them on their illegal terms.
Well, if the Government allows this, every Tom, Dick and Harry would simply say, “I can break the law with impunity, and the Government is obliged to accept it”.
This also means that every major developmental work on land earmarked for that purpose must be halted, while the squatters have their way.
I urge those in authority not to be sidetracked by these nuances of the Opposition.
The third, and final, approach is using the Henry boys’ death as a launching pad for violent behaviour. I have never, in my short stay on God’s green earth, seen such horrific exploitation of a sad situation. It is a situation wherein these murders are exploited for political gains. The PNC have feasted on these morbid occurrences with vulturous appeal. They have used these boys’ demise to the maximum, and it has even led to other reprisal acts of death and destruction.
This brings us to the question: Are the PNC interested in solving these deaths and bringing the perpetrators to justice? What the PNC are doing is trying to derail the investigations while the thugs hit the streets with their violent confrontation.
If they were really interested in getting to the bottom of this crime, they would let the investigators carry out their investigations unfettered and unhindered.
The PNC party will stop at nothing in their quest to have any relevance in society. They have lost the election, and find this hard to accept. Guyana has moved on without them, and in their henpecked state, they are running any which way, making trouble to gain some recognition in society. The PNC have been an eyesore and a burden on this country, which is a very disgraceful place to be. It is high time for us to unshackle ourselves from this burdensome millstone around our necks.
As Government and as Guyanese in this developmental mindset, we must abjectly denounce the PNC’s efforts at destabilization, and move on to the progressive path.

Respectfully,
Neil Adams