Dear Editor,
Political parties do campaign vigorously, and go about trying to convince people that their vision for governing the country is best, should they win. Now this coalition Government’s track record seems to be riddled with more mistakes/incompetence/allegations of corruption compared to pleasing the public.
Everywhere I go, I hear complaints more than praises, so I wonder how they will bounce from that. I don’t believe oil alone can save our country.
Look at neighbouring Venezuela. Each party would have supporters from all over the country, and many would join/support because they would need to see development, especially for their area. They, too, would have a tremendous amount of ideas, and I wonder if the politicians would stop to listen to them after acceding to power. I don’t believe so.
Now, over the years, I’ve complained of numerous things, and made recommendations, many of which seems to have fallen on deaf ears, even though they are important.
Of recent, a six-year-old boy lost his life due to (my views) the negligence of teachers who were directly responsible for the safety of children, given the location and condition of the area.
I’ve written about the riverine areas and the dangers lying there, and even made recommendations, but apparently they are not important, because I don’t believe any politician or their families could be affected whilst those directly in harm’s way continue in the same conditions.
Editor, we see the newly elected president providing buses, speed boats, bicycles etc., all over the country, which is very commendable, but these donations are not enough to handle the capacity. Many children still resort to the normal mode of reaching to schools, and in the riverine areas, this is mainly by boats, and some are very dangerous. One only has to use the social media and occasionally one would see videos/images of the struggle.
Now, one would see that none of these children have any lifejackets, and one would know that lifejackets are rather expensive in Guyana.
Now, if our politicians have any sort of vision or care for this nation, they would have already put plans in place to either provide free life jackets or make them way cheaper for the school children, because their way of travelling is very dangerous.
What’s the purpose of them hiring companies and individuals to write and print glorious manifestos at election time and most of the plans/vision cannot materialise, while simple problems cannot be solved? Can we say we are a country with vision being run by the visionless, or their vision is only focused on oil and their rewards?
Sincerely,
Sahadeo Bates
