Georgetown: President David Granger was targeted on Sunday at PPP’s rally at an Albion, Berbice for increasing his dictatorial tendencies and going against the constitution of Guyana.
This perspective was shared by General Secretary of the PPP, Bharrat Jagdeo.
General and regional elections are slated for March 2, 2020, a critical time in Guyana’s history as the country becomes an oil producer and is poised to earn billions of dollars which will be managed by the next government.
Jagdeo said that since the PPP entered power in 1992, Guyana was restored as a viable and democratic state and this would be the first General and Regional Elections that the PPP/C would be contesting as the Opposition.
“It doesn’t feel that way because you know a day will come when we would resume development and when we would take back this country and continue to grow it…Given the history of PNC – how they rigged elections in the past under Cheddi Jagan, many said we have to leave this country, we will never have a future here. And I said to them, our time will come again. Our time is coming again and on March 2, the time will come again,” Jagdeo said.
He continued: “We knew the Administration would be repressive; we knew it would be undemocratic; we knew that they would go back to anti-development policies because of the same nature of their economic philosophy. We knew we would see a decline of living standards in this country, because they believe in consumption not accumulation. Spending not building up, this is the old PNC at it. They believe in tearing down bonds of friendship. They believe in partisan behaviour. On the other hand, we believe in bringing people together…we knew that they were going to self-destruct.”
Jagdeo said that persons of every race have a right to prosperity and the PPP/C “is the only party that can deliver this for all of our people and because of that we will not only win power on March 2, we will stay in power for another 20, 30, 40 years in the future.”
The former President said that the APNU/AFC Administration failed to realise that it had to save resources for the “rainy days”. He outlined the assault on the country’s reserves which amounted to almost $1 billion. He identified the $20 billion in gold that the PPP/C left which the coalition already sold. In addition, he accused them of bankrupting the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission and other State entities.
“In the meantime, you would think with spending so much money that they would do better for healthcare, but you’ve heard the stories of deteriorating health care, deteriorating education. Crime is on the rise. All the sectors are in trouble. Thirty thousand people lost jobs. What is it that they have to offer?” he questioned.
He noted that the APNU/AFC coalition could not talk about progress it has made since there was none to show and so far, it has failed to present, to the people, a plan for the future. He went on to rap the coalition for its obsession with Presidential Candidate, Dr Irfaan Ali and himself.
He called out the Government for lying to the sugar workers and by extension, the citizenry about the promise of a good life.
He accused President Granger of being the weakest leader in the history of Guyana – an assessment he made based on his track record.
He said that Granger needed to move away from being the ceremonial President and “roll up his sleeves and work”, since it is the only way for the country to make progress. He expressed his confidence in Ali, noting that he was the best candidate to lead Guyana forward.
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