“Interrogate your leaders, don’t be deceived by suit & tie” – Min Edghill

In light of the recent appointment of leaders for the main opposition parties, Public Works Minister Juan Edghill has issued a call to the general public to examine deeply the motives of those who are claiming they can offer better leadership than the current administration.
Reflecting on events that occurred during the 2020 General and Regional Elections, Edghill is imploring that citizens start interrogating their leaders, and not be deceived by suit and tie.

“Don’t just look suits, look at track records because they played a very important role, those who fought those cases in court, lawyers who joined themselves to frustrate the will of the Guyanese people are now coming out to say we can become the next government,” Edghill said.
The Minister was at the time speaking at a forum to commemorate the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration’s fourth year in office during which he further encouraged Guyanese not to let leaders in Guyana stymie the current development trajectory.
“President Ali came to office as President, on the first day sworn in the senior members of our Cabinet, hit the road running, got the members of his Cabinet in place and we didn’t go to fight with anybody who didn’t support us instead we became a government for all of Guyana. So, I can sit four years after and if anybody comes to be lying about your government discriminating against a community I would laugh because I have the evidence to show that we didn’t govern based on the ballot box, we governed based upon the fact that all Guyanese are deserving when it comes house lot distribution, community roads, health care and when it comes to education… I am proud to be part of a team that is making sure Guyana’s development and image internationally are being properly preserved. There could be no conversation around the world where climate security, energy security, and food security are discussed where Guyana is not playing a leading role,” he added.

Meanwhile, also sharing her thoughts on the programme was Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Minister, Gail Teixeira who noted the PPP/C administration’s focus over the past four years has been to serve the people, despite criticism from opposite leaders.
“The preservation of democracy is when the ministers come and have a community meeting, we tell them about the road and they are told that it will be fixed next month or next year’s budget and they see it happen. Access to health services allows you to go to a health centre or you go to a hospital, there are drugs there. Under the five years of Granger, they were not basic drugs and that is why they got caught with their pants down during COVID… I am not taking anybody back to the 70s, I’m taking people back to 2020 and what had become this country under five years of Granger. This country revised so quickly it was scary,” Minister Teixeira contended.
Earlier in the month, reflecting on the four years in office, Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo noted that many things were accomplished by the PPP/C Government, and still more remains to be done.
Jagdeo noted that many of the long-term projects and programmes his government has started, such as the transformational Gas-to-Energy (GtE) project, will allow citizens to reap benefits well into the future. In addition, he referred to the massive boom in infrastructure and the allocation of over 30,000 house lots to Guyanese.