Dear Editor,
I am extremely disappointed with Mr Shamir Ally’s critique and missive of the Government of Guyana. He is creating an illusion that Guyana is in a crisis because of debts and that Guyana could end up in a similar position to Sri Lanka and other countries which lost major ports and parts of their country to China.
I cannot understand on what basis Mr Shamir Ally, who was an Ambassador for Guyana, to curate and compare this responsible Government of ours to Sri Lanka and some African countries. He smartly gives the idea that our Government doesn’t seem to know what they are doing and that they are taking debt to what could be termed in a layman’s parlour, “willie-nillie”. It appears that Mr Shamir Ally is fulfilling the bid of either Kaieteur News or some agency which wishes to not see Guyana prosper while taking advantage of the opportunities that oil and gas brings to Guyana. It is important that our Government take debts responsibly as they are known to do, to invest in the infrastructure of the Amaila Falls; the gas-to-shore project; highways and by-ways, a bigger and better airport, etc. These services such as modern hospitals, medical institutions and educational facilities are there to enhance and develop our country.
I wonder if Mr Shamir Ally wants the Government of Guyana to park the money in a banking institution and not utilise it for the benefit of the people of Guyana? And not using the money to support the development of Guyana so that our people will be unhappy and suffer or to just give it to persons without work to create mendicants?
This responsible Government of Guyana is looking at a modern public transport system! They are looking at roads, bridges to bring our counties together and even to link countries as we see in the case of Suriname. There are plans for modern rail and bus services! Must our people suffer, Mr. Ally?
For Mr Ally and those who share his ideas, they need to understand that our people need happiness, love and care. They need projects that will bring comfort to them. I think a man like Shamir Ally is going low as to be negative to the ideas, visions and wisdom of our Government, and he seems to have a purpose behind it.
I wish to applaud the ventures and vision of our President His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali and his Government. We are blessed to have men like the Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, Brigadier Retired Mark Phillips and the entire cabinet of power ministers. We must remember that these people are human beings and they have been elected by the people to make decisions in the best interest of the country. At times their decisions might not be all sweet and dandy but collectively we have to trust the government and know that their intentions are good. Remember we as a people voted for them to be our leaders and I as a man of religion do believe that once persons are selected and elected by the people, such appointments are by the will of God.
Sincerely,
Roshan Khan Snr
