Politics, patronage and development delayed

The dissatisfaction, expressed publicly, by the former Alliance For Change Berbician activist and one line in a recent Stabroek editorial have given rise to the following comments today.

To me, the virtual revolution in moral values wherein right has relinquished its virtue to wrong; wherein role-models are often those who are “successful” through immoral and illegal schemes; whereby even the struggling, well-meaning, religious righteous are compromised by an existence predicated upon the rule and authority, influence and wealth of the wicked; are all contributory to the subtle corruption that is the politics of patronage.

Even though Guyanese society is really a less-than-one-million diverse grouping, where some can know something “confidential” about many, there is an accommodating, enabling environment for greed, graft, bribery and such other negatives providing the breeding ground for