Dear Editor,
On Caricom Day 2022, there was a great feeling of togetherness in that “love and unity” development plan of our Government in the latest community outreach programme, in the village of Buxton. It was the great sight to behold, as Prime Minister Phillips led a high-level team of Ministers to that village to look into the plight of the villagers, and sourced out ways to solve them. It was a very important form of social cohesion done at the Local Government level.
Incidentally, this was supposed to be a day of massive demonstration done in the very same area, done with the associated destruction of property. Opposition forces had planned it to be a day — as one mobster put it — of massive destruction to the point where there would have been a shutdown of the country. Pretty ambitious project by the subversives, who want Guyana and Guyanese to go backwards.
This was thwarted by the true spirit of the Buxtonians, coupled with the determination of a Government that would not be deterred by anyone. Our Government would not let the detractors gain traction. Those who have nothing constructive to do with the short time God has given us here to inhabit are up and about their nefarious agenda, but they will not succeed.
It is for the selfsame reason that we keep pressing on with the developmental plans for this nation. The focus here is building a country’s infrastructure that is modern and well suited for investors to readily come and invest. It means that we must take care of the educational needs of our youths and the setting of goals for the job market in the new and emerging oil and gas sector. Our primary industry, agriculture, and mining will also take front burner places as Guyana moves forward.
To be stuck in the debilitating quagmire of the detractors is not an option. Guyana says forward ever, backward never. The people of this great country are sending the strongest message ever: that we are not going back into the filth of violence and race-baiting politics of yesteryear; instead, we are moving forward together as One Guyana. Long live the Cooperative Republic of Team Unity Guyana!
Respectfully,
Neil Adams
