Former President Bharrat Jagdeo is blaming the opposition parties’ non-support for the Amaila Falls hydropower project for stymieing the country’s drive to go green as well as the economic and environmental benefits such a move would yield.
“Climate change affects every single one of us… yet we have controversy because of this silly politics. But this does not differentiate if you APNU or PPP or any party, it affects all of us,” Jagdeo told attendees at a dinner hosted by the Guyana Manufac-turing and Services Association (GMSA) on Friday evening at the Princess Hotel.
It was rare public appearance by the former president, who said that as hard as it was, he stayed silent for three years, observing and analysing the effects of climate change globally. He said because of his passion for the environment, he felt the need to speak out to increase awareness about climate change in the Caribbean region, and especially Guyana.
Jagdeo opined that Guyana lost an opportunity to push and develop its green initiative with the Amaila Falls hydropower project,
