The pathetic record of APNU – A reply to Ms Ferguson
Dear Editor,
Annette Ferguson has a special talent for manipulating the record of the APNU-AFC term in office. In contradistinction to her rosy depiction of 2015-2020, the truth is that the Granger administration years were marked by demonstrable incompetence. Allow me to provide evidence.
The Granger administration handed over the COVID hospital with no water, no electricity, no beds, no doctors, no nurses, no staff, no washrooms, no drugs, and no vaccines. Yet Granger opened the hospital twice.
Granger’s APNU Government imposed VAT on electricity, water, education, data, medical supplies, building materials, heavy equipment, and mining equipment. You imposed a tribute tax on the mining industry! You taxed horse carts and people selling sugar cake, pine drink, and buns! I do not recall if dog food escaped.
You (meaning APNU) scrapped the Because We Care Grant for 200,000 schoolchildren and the one-month bonus for the Disciplined Services.
You took away the subsidies given to pensioners for water and electricity.
The APNU joined up with the AFC to fire 2000 CSOs and 7000 sugar workers and destroyed 1000 bauxite jobs.
The Granger administration hid US$18,000,000 for signing a terrible oil contract.
You promised $9000 for a bag of paddy price but turned around and said rice is private business.
And let’s not forget the $6.1 billion on the Durban Park Project. Today it is for ‘harse’, ‘dankey’, and druggies.
Then on top of all that, you and the Comrades tried to steal the Parliamentary Mace and did everything possible to rig the 2020 elections. For instance, the APNU prevented the Carter Centre from re-entering the country for the recount.
The APNU replaced GECOM laptops with a bed sheet and a projector with Vaseline.
I urge Ms Ferguson to make every effort to discover the truth – via Hansard, the academic literature, and even spiritual guidance.
Ow, laad!
