Stealthy, steady steps to a de facto...

cent to acquire meters to check and verify the amount of oil being extracted, something is very, very wrong. Or is it stealthy, steady steps to a de facto dictatorship?

When you have a Government that ignores the constitutional requirement to consult with the Opposition, we are making stealthy, steady steps to a de facto dictatorship. When you have a Government that trivialises the important role of education by mistreating teachers and the Guyana Teachers’ Union, in circumstances where the children and the big ones are not affected because they can afford to pay their fees and transportation at private schools, you create stealthy, steady steps to dictatorship.

A dictatorship strives in an environment where the majority of a generation is poorly educated.

When blacklisted contractors and those who underperform are still allowed to bid for lucrative Government contracts, we are making stealthy, steady steps to a de facto dictatorship. We the people and the independent media must not give up and must not be guilty of the sin of silence.

Finally, over six months ago, the President was blaming the previous Government for the spate of blackouts, and promised that this would end before Christmas 2023. With an abundance of cash, we all believed in His Excellency, but as I dictate this letter at 3:50 pm in Lodge where I live, we’ve had a second power outage for the day.

There is no shortage of money these days but there seems to be a shortage of the will to do the right things. All the President has to do is appoint persons with the skill to manage the power company, but as long as the present culture of the Administration is to appoint persons whose pre-qualification must be loyalty to the PPP top brass, we will continue to have blackouts. In other words, the proclivity for square pegs in round holes persists. Stealthy, steady steps to a de facto dictatorship.

Concerned citizens of all sides of our political and social box must speak up, speak up and speak up and do not be guilty of the sin of silence.

Yours faithfully,

Hamilton Green

Elder