January 11 2020
Dear Editor,
I notice that the smaller parties are talking of coalescing to form a “third force” and ANUG and FED-UP are already at it; overall, this is a good sign for political maturity in our dear Republic and it certainly bodes well for the future – coalition politics in Guyana has been nurtured by Mr. Granger and will endure as the only option for good governance. The problem, however, is that such a 3rd Force coalition, conceived in such a short period of time and devoid of any “mass” base might make an impact in 2025 or 2030, but not in this upcoming elections. No Sir! These third parties, either singly or in coalition, know very well that the only real expectation they can achieve is to get seats in Parliament and then to cause political confusion like we have had with the betrayal of Charrandass Persaud – confusion which has affected our economy in a negative way while creating other copycats of C. Persaud, all of whom will use our constitution, not to enhance what is right, but to have petty no-confidence votes in our Parliament while the people’s business is disrupted. The voters of Guyana should remember that this whole disruption with the no-confidence vote, initiated by Mr. Jagdeo with the collaboration and wicked betrayal of Charrandass Persaud, has led us to a new scenario, where these new parties – these new Charrandass’ – should hurt the Granger coalition; instead, ironically, these “wrecker” parties will hurt the PPP’s chances in the next election. Mr. Badal and his party, I see, has just announced a plan which makes no sense for Guyanese because it creates more confusion about our oil resources while pandering to our base instincts of feeling that we might be cheated – Guyanese have their eyes wide open and will know what to do if anyone tries to rob us of what is rightfully ours with all the benefits included; we have a long history of demanding what is rightfully ours Badal should remember his failures at GPL when he was boss and he should concentrate on the poor service and lousy menu at the Pegasus Hotel.
Editor, I see that the PPP has selected as PM, an army man who will now “tie bundle” with avowed communists who reject coalition politics and embrace more government intervention in our economic lives – remember the horrific 16% consumption tax on all of our people. Good luck to Mr. Phillips and sincere thanks for his service to our Republic while in our army but he should remember, rejection is a hard pill to swallow and after March 2, Freedom House will need a lot of drinking water. Ask Ms. Harper, the PM candidate, about political rejection after the 2015 elections and, by the way, very few people even remember her name – Mr. Phillips should ponder that as he stares down a tunnel with no light at the end – his speech at Kitty Market was humdrum to say the least, and it is obvious to anyone that he brings no type of mass support to the PPP . The no-show on the Kitty stage of key PPP leaders tells its own story and that story will culminate in their defeat on March 2 because the Gang of 8, led by the “doctors”, Jagdeo and his front man, avoided any semblance of democratic principles in Freedom House when Jagdeo pulled his rabbit out of his hat – with support of communists like Teixeira, Luncheon and the others who have lost all that President Cheddi tried to teach them.
Editor, lastly, I would like to remind the public that we are already seeing the effects of ExxonMobil’s entrance into our economy- in England and the USA, Guyana is now getting prominence as a tourist destination and that will only mean more jobs, more investments in ancillary projects related to tourism and more importantly, the private sector will expand and become the real engine of growth. We are only at the start of more foreign investment and trade which the deal with ExxonMobil has initiated, to cause all our potential resources to become more visible to global investment and trade, which will lead to more revenue, and, as Mr. Granger is saying, to the good life. The voters should remember that at the Kitty PPP rally, Jagdeo and his front man, really talked the communist talk of “the government as the engine of growth”, never committing to making the private sector the pillar of growth and their record proves that fact – check out their 23 years of political power. Mr. Granger and the Coalition are committed to expanding the private sector and that should be enough to reject all the other parties, especially the PPP revisionist communists and the many “Charrandass” small parties – Mr. Granger will win the next election handily because he is following a winning policy which will benefit our beautiful Republic.
Yours faithfully,
Cheddi (Joey) Jagan (Jr.)
