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More could have been accomplished -President Ramotar looking back at his three years in office
President Donald Ramotar

More could have been accomplished -President Ramotar looking back at his three years in office

 

THIS month, President Donald Ramotar observed three years in office, after being sworn in to the presidency on December 5, 2011, following the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) win at the general elections in that year. Three years on, the Head of State said he would describe those three years as ‘mixed,’ due in part to a very difficult political situation, locally and a complicated and not so favourable international situation.

The fact however, that Guyana’s economy continued to grow and its social services expanded, is considered monumental given the overall circumstances they were achieved in, President Ramotar told the Director of the Government Information Agency, Neaz Subhan during a recent interview.

“I am proud of that, our team, what we were able to do, but I must admit that it was very frustrating, because we could have gone much further than we have, if we had a better local political situation…”

Looking back some 20 years from the present, the Head of State said that historians may see his first three years from a better perspective, particularly in light of the challenges faced. While he is happy with what has been achieved, it has also been very wearisome since he feels that the nation could have progressed much further had there been more cooperation on the political front.
“I am proud of that, our team, what we were able to do, but I must admit that it was very frustrating, because we could have gone much further than we have, if we had a better local political situation…”
The failure to start construction of the Amalia Falls Hydro Power project is a major regret for the President, “because that project is one that every single Guyanese would benefit from, whether they get electricity from the grid or not.”

He stressed that it is a project that will transform the country and accelerate its growth and development. Cheap electricity is vital to propel Guyana towards the stage of being a developed country, he added, as he described the voting against the project by both parliamentary opposition political parties as “vindictive.”
“…the fact that the Opposition voted against it for no other reason -I don’t know what else to say but being vindictive. Why I say that is that both the Opposition parties have in their manifesto that they were in support of hydro (power) and here we had a fantastic deal and they scuttled it. I would say they delayed it,… I’m still determined that Amaila Falls (project) will come on stream.”
The need for other infrastructural projects such as an expanded Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the paved road link to Lethem via Linden and a deep water harbour were highlighted by the President as necessary for Guyana’s development.
The main goal however, is the development of human capital to ensure that an educated workforce was prepared to take advantage of the many jobs that will be available with advancing economic development. This was the focus of the PPP/C Government since it gained office in 1992, the President explained. Economic growth is tied to education levels and history has proven this. “The most important factor for development is our people,” he stressed.

 

(GINA)

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Ramotar talk half and leff half.

True, more could have been accomplished if....

corruption wasn't rampant...

money and resources spent on the Marriott were better utilized...

the PPP had concentrated on managing the economy efficiently...

Donald didn't put square pegs in round holes on GuySuCo Board...

Donald had called local government elections...

the PPP didn't overspend $4.5billion without parliamentary consent....

...etc etc etc

FM

The ruling cabal has run Guyana into the ground

December 14, 2014 | By | Filed Under Letters 
 

Dear Editor, An insight into the PPP campaign platform for the 2015 General Election reveals that the party appears to be building its campaign around the theme of reducing corruption and improving morality, forgetting they are the ones who are immoral and who embraced corruption, refined it to a science and thus ensured it is part of their legacy in governance. Under the Jagdeo/Ramotar regime, corruption and the lack of integrity has become an integral part of Guyana’s heritage. Almost everyone in the regime from the highest political officials to the lowest level civil/public servants and the police force are involved in corrupt and immoral practices. After all, the PPP has governed the country for the past 22 years during which time corruption spread rapidly and the PPP cabal did absolutely nothing to stop it.  So if corruption is engrained in the country’s social, political, economic and corporate culture; it is logical to conclude that it is primarily the PPP’s fault. They could have and should have changed it. Corruption occurs at all levels of government and it is now embedded in the DNA of most Guyanese, thanks to the PPP regime—the most corrupt and immoral government in all of the Caribbean. It is not only about multi-million dollar bribery and embezzlement by political officials; it is about the average person lying, cheating, accepting a bribe, paying a little something to obtain that driver’s license, illegal connections for water and electricity and having a friend push one’s appointment to the top. If that is not corruption, then what is? But even more disturbing is the PPP leadership’s constant attempts to cover up for their close friends and relatives whenever that are caught in illegal and immoral acts. Some prime examples are the Attorney General profane laced language in a taped conversation with a Kaieteur News reporter; the recycling scandal involving a minister and her daughter and the ‘busing out’ of the US. Ambassador at his residence by the minister whose responsibility is to educate and discipline our children. Corruption has been occurring from day one under the PPP regime. It was a PPP minister who entered a police station a few years ago to free his son who was arrested for beating his girlfriend and pointing a gun in her face. It was the president’s son who drove his vehicle and injured the nephew of a popular Kaieteur News columnist. It was the Chair of the Board of NCN who reported to president Ramotar that the CEO and the Production Manager of NCN had embezzled $3 million. These are clear cases of PPP corruption, but no one was charged, which suggests that the PPP cabal and their relatives and friends are above the law and are considered the “untouchables.” Yet at his weekly press conferences, the General Secretary has reiterated that the opposition has only assumed that corruption exists but they have not proved it. And he and his cohorts will say it a thousand times hoping that it becomes a fact and that the people would believe them and not the opposition. It will take much more for the people to believe them but the truth is the PPP cabal would like the people to believe they are saints and everyone else are sinners when it comes to corruption. But as the whole country knows, corruption, immorality and lack of integrity have become the hall marks of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal. While we may be pleased that the public is finally speaking up and speaking out against corruption and these unwanted abuse of the state resources, we are also worried and disgusted that the PPP cabal is supporting the raping of the country’s natural resources and the destruction of the environment by foreigners. The fact that the PPP regime is not bothered by the current revelations is because they themselves are participants in the corrupt practices. Guyana cannot develop as a nation if the people continue to recycle this incompetent and failed PPP government that has now become a dictatorship. And while some, especially the business elite, will say that they want to change the PPP and its race-bait politics, yet they are actually working and spending considerable sums of money to ensure the regime remains in office. Only the opposition could restore morality and integrity and lead Guyana out of this dreadful cycle of corruption, crime, nepotism and gross incompetence. It should be clear to everyone that the country is dangerously close to the point of no return under the current PPP regime. From the brazen and corrupt politicians in the regime sucking the country dry, to heads of state agencies squandering the tax payers’ money, to contractors doing sub-standard work, to businesses feeding off the corruption, and to criminal gangs killing and robbing innocent citizens, Guyana has reached the point where the PPP does not want to effect change or want to see change because it benefits them when the poor get poorer and their friends become richer. The ruling cabal has run Guyana into the ground. Asquith Rose and Harish Singh.

Mitwah
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:

Ramotar talk half and leff half.

True, more could have been accomplished if....

corruption wasn't rampant...

money and resources spent on the Marriott were better utilized...

the PPP had concentrated on managing the economy efficiently...

Donald didn't put square pegs in round holes on GuySuCo Board...

Donald had called local government elections...

the PPP didn't overspend $4.5billion without parliamentary consent....

...etc etc etc

 

Gil

 

You are blinded by hate just like Losers Moses and Rumjhaat.

 

Just drive around around in Guyana and take a look. Compare the living standards today to the rotten and racist PNC days.

 

Let me tell you this tonight, the PPP is headed to a majority and the AFC will wiped off the political map.

 

Talk half and leff half.

 

 

FM
Last edited by Former Member

Where is Yuji & Kwame

Jagdeo & Ramotar so call alliance or accommodation of the Black House of Israel Thugs & PNC Professional Election Riggers has strengthened the AFC.

 

The Decent Guyanese including Sugar Workers, Rice Farmers, Hard-Working Guyanese Amerindians, Indians and African Workers......reject and refuse to Vote for the PPP that Includes Kwame, Lamumba, Mammi, Brian Young, Bynoe, Hamilton, Edgehill, Kit Nascimento, Norman McClean and all the Dirty Black PNC Thugs, Killers, Creeps & Riggers.

 

The PPP are hurting the very people they claim to be helping by strenghtening the Black PNC Thugs, Bandits, Creeps & Riggers>

This is all that is happening.

Do you want the PNC Bandits in government again?

Do you want the PNC Bandits in Freedom House, ot the Churches, Mandirs & Mosque?

FM
Originally Posted by yuji22:

It is vitally important for the PPP to protect themselves from AFC/PNC terrorists.

 

Ever watched the movie The Godfather ?

yuji22 is defending the PPP mafiosi.

You better watch out, yuji; the mafiosi turns against its own clan when necessary.

FM
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

It is vitally important for the PPP to protect themselves from AFC/PNC terrorists.

 

Ever watched the movie The Godfather ?

yuji22 is defending the PPP mafiosi.

You better watch out, yuji; the mafiosi turns against its own clan when necessary.

 

PPP MUST take necessary steps to protect themselves from AFC/PNC terrorist elements. 

FM

He probably meant to say more thiefin could have taken place but the opposition stymied the thiefin and the press also was part of that putting a damper on the ghost recycling plant etc.

FM

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