Dear Editor,
The APNU/AFC have never been serious about socio-economic development of our country, whether they are in Government or in Opposition.
When in Government, the PNC squandered, mismanaged and siphoned off billions of dollars through a multitude of corrupt practices and harebrained policies, which consequently eroded the economic gains made previously by the PPP Government. This resulted in appalling deprivation and sufferings for Guyanese. This is well-documented during the 28 years of the PNC in Government, from 1964 to 1992.
This repeated itself again from 2015 to 2022, when the PNC-dominated Coalition were in Government and reversed the progress of the PPP Government.
When the PNC are in Opposition, they do everything, mostly illegal acts, to stymie the socio-economic progress of the country. For them, the end justifies the means, and they unleash violent streets protests, commit sexual assaults, rapes, daylight robberies, damages to properties and physical violence on all Guyanese perceived as PPP supporters.
In Parliament, they obstructed all the developmental projects of the PPP Government from 2011 to 2015. From 1992 to 2015, these nefarious acts are well-documented, and from 2020, after losing the General Elections, the PNC again began to display their destabilising agenda.
The recent walkout from Parliament by the Opposition Leader and his gang is another misguided attempt to gain some publicity and attract sympathy of their supporters, and this is aptly described by Parliamentary Affairs and Governance Minister Gail Teixeira as failing their constituencies by not participating in law-making to the betterment of the society. She rightfully concluded that the APNU/AFC are becoming more irrelevant and “it is at its lowest tide as Opposition” and that “it has nothing to contribute”.
A truer statement is hard to find when this is juxtaposed with the action and utterings of Opposition MP Vinceroy Jordan, who blocked Minister Sonia Parag from access to the CDC Building at Belladrum in Region 5. He frankly told the Minister, ‘We don’t want development’, and he cannot be blamed, since he is simply carrying out the mandate and directives of the Opposition, which have always been to stymie progress and development in our country.
Moreover, the Opposition can no longer mask their intent to destroy the country in their bid to gain power once again, and the President and his Government have laid bare this ominous intent. He made it clear that the developmental thrust of his Government would continue in all communities despite political directives from the Opposition.
They cannot continue to shout marginalisation and discrimination, since their own supporters are seeing the truth. No doubt, the APNU/AFC are the sinister architect of marginalising and impoverishing their own people.
The Guyanese people welcome the Government’s developmental drive, which is actively transforming each and every community across the country, and this is what the APNU/AFC are deathly afraid of. The Coalition have nothing to contribute to Guyana’s development, and will certainly die a natural death as they continue to block the socio-economic development of even their support base.
We, as Guyanese, must heed the fervent plea of President Ali, ‘All of us together must reject them’. He truly and firmly believes in his Government’s ability to achieve ‘One Guyana’, and this is being manifested each day. We must not allow the PNC to play their destabilisation games again.
Yours sincerely,
Haseef Yusuf
