Dear Editor,
The recent flooding and the appearance of sinkholes in the capital, brings into question the robustness of the decision-making process in Parliament. Is it possible that the history of how Georgetown was established is being neglected?
Can it be that such fragility and beauty of a place established below sea level is forgotten now that drilling for riches is still the order of the day?
Wasteful spending with no regard to the basics and an inability to maintain and upkeep what has already been established creates ever more chaos.
Great weakness in the ability to secure law and order in such a close-knit community is astonishing. For such levels of ineptness to exist means that the focus on what is important for longevity and continued stability has been forgotten due to the blindness that greed offers. A good lesson is to be learned from the balata bleeding that occurred in our recent history. Countries with foresight continue to be able to do so today, while those with a thirst for riches at any cost can only look at what was, as in the case of Guyana.
For many years the people have suffered from flooding and it was always said that money was needed to fix it. Much has been gained over the decades, and yet having working pumps and a cleaned canal system that is dependable is not achievable to date. How much more evident must it be to the populace that the leadership has to be held accountable for their negligence to our future, as it has been seen on so many levels even in this current decade?
Sincerely,
Jamil Changlee
