Not building an economy for people, businesses to thrive

Dear Editor,
If a government wants to support the most vulnerable in any society, then it must give people the opportunity to succeed. It must also deliver a stronger school system, deliver functional hospitals, deliver an economic growth rate of above 5 per cent, with a predictable growth path.
What I heard from Ministers Jordan, Patterson and Atkinson is nothing but public gaffe. When I see Page 29 of the APNU/AFC manifesto, about “the green of low carbon development,” I hold my head in sadness, because I cannot understand what manner of men will mislead the people this much just for power. Today, all I am seeing is that those “Grangerites” were only hustling for themselves and their family members in 2015, and the needs and interest of the poor and the working class were always the last thing on their minds.
It has been two years now, and all of those words on those pages in the APNU/AFC manifesto are turning out to be certified falsehoods and empty promises. Fool the people once, no sweat; fool them twice, shame on them!
How are they building this green economy that is fit for the future alongside a thriving traditional productive sector? Have they explained the key? Where is the action plan? Have they explained the key steps to the nation? Who is holding whom accountable for different deliverables? How are they measuring progress?
The performance on managing ‘the six sisters’ is even worse. Even the Minister of Finance, in his year-end report, confirmed that five of the six sisters are ailing, and one of them is definitely in a coma (sugar).
Why, to date, are the Grangerites unable to communicate to the people what they are doing in building an economy that has a predictable growth path backed by an economic framework that is embracing new technology that is transformative and export-oriented? It has been 2 years, but all this Granger Administration has proven itself to be is a rocking chair government rocking itself to nowhere.
There are some US0 million at direct risk of being quarantined for a long time, and even lost forever, all because this Granger Administration cannot conclude their version of a Low Carbon Development Strategy (LCDS).
It is understandable that any new government would want to review policies from a past government; that is a given. But, come on man, it has been two years and yet you cannot roll out your version of the LCDS? It is nothing but anti-national and anti-patriotic for a government to not complete this important piece of work to unleash this US0 million. Who is responsible for this mess?
I say again that the buck stops at the desk of President Granger. I want to humbly suggest that Minister Raphael Trotman be given full responsibility for this entire portfolio, because whoever seems to be supervising Gary Best either cannot articulate the Government’s needs or is extremely badly advised. Minister Trotman seems to be the most deliverable-focused person in the Granger cabinet. I may be wrong, but this is how it appears to me.
For me, this is not a PPP or a PNC issue, this is a Guyana issue; and I, like many Guyanese, would also do anything to help any government unleash these funds for green projects, because I believe Guyana’s saviour is not oil, but low cost and reliable green energy for the entire northern Amazonian basin.
This US0 million will give this dream a good push start. But the answer to the question on why President Granger and his government are still in the rocking chair beats me.

Sincerely,
Sase Singh