The Opposition need to come up with a realistic campaign strategy

Dear Editor,
The Opposition are bereft of ideas, and are running scared, really scared. In that lost and decrepit state, they are nevertheless still hoping for a small niche to prove to the Guyanese public that they are a worthy alternative government option. They are hoping against hope to, in some way, change people’s opinion about them and get a swing vote; but that is not happening, due to the deceitful way they have approached the electorate.
There is no coordinated plan in the Opposition, no meeting of the minds; all we hear is a series of double talking by a divided and misdirected Opposition. Who would listen and believe that garbled message is yet to be seen. There is a drought of ideas and sensible reasoning in the Opposition Camp, hence the root cause of their disarray.
For starters, the One-Man Party led by the dictator Norton is demanding that the Government consult them on any plans or projections for this nation. They would like Government to meet with them first before embarking on any developmental works here; and even when projects are already in the making, they are asking the PPP/C Administration to conduct feasibility studies.
Those feasibility studies they are talking about are mere obstructionist theories meant to create situations of delay and uncertainty on Government projects. One such example is the Gas-to-Shore Project.
The Black People Party – he likes us to use the word Afrocentric (Because that is all they’ve become after the ouster of the Indians)- wants us to give every Guyanese US$5,000 each month.
Now, I do not know who Nigel Hughes is, or to whom he is selling that idea, but the point is: who is listening to him? Is anybody listening to this man? He believes that the lure of free money would be so enticing that it would cause us to rush over to the AFC Party. Well, Hughes is sadly mistaken; Guyanese are not easily fooled, sir.
Hughes forgets that he was ExxonMobil’s attorney, in concert with his compatriot Raphael Trotman. These two were the main ‘authors and finishers’ behind the lopsided deal struck with the oil giant, so trying to wipe this off our memory is simply an asinine and laughable attempt on his part. You cannot be so barefacedly presumptuous as to think that Guyanese would buy-in to that foolishness.
Meantime, their acolytes are evil and foreboding, just waiting for something bad to happen. What if an oil spill should occur? That would destroy the entire ecosystem in Guyana and this hemisphere. They are praying there would be an oil spill, so they can prey on the fears of the Guyanese people.
So, which is it? Do they want us to exploit our God-blessed wealth and be a prosperous country? Or are we to be frightened by naysaying talk of the Opposition?
The One Guyana Team is light years ahead of this idiotic, lowdown-thinking campaign plan of the Opposition. We, as a nation, have moved on, and would not be daunted by the incoherent strategies of a confused Opposition. They have run out of ideas and plans, and are now running scared. I think they are mortified at the thought of how big a defeat they would experience next election.

Respectfully,
Neil Adams