Dear Editor,
The unusual request for a face-to-face meeting with those interested in selling Guyana’s oil and government officials is inexplicable.
Contrary to local news reports, it was not Bloomberg that broke the news of this attempt at an unusual arrangement; Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo informed the media of this during his weekly press conference on Thursday 12th December 2019. I recognise that the local press is hampered in following up on information provided by the opposition by the unavailability of anyone in government to ask questions of; if you cannot reach them, you cannot question them. The entire APNU+AFC cabal is mimicking the strategy adopted by David Granger, a perverse game of ‘Hide and Seek’ played on the national stage.
Editor, the representatives of the company that secures this bid should be forewarned that any contract they sign with the caretaker government is not worth the paper and may indeed be very costly to their reputation and bottom line very shortly. I do not expect any reputable firm to engage in this most unsavory process outlined by the Granger administration for the sale of three million barrels of profit oil.
The Guyanese populace has been very patient with the obduracy of Mr Granger; he would be foolish to think that this will extend to his government’s attempt to engage in this type of sale of our national patrimony. On the off-chance that I am wrongly imputing responsibility to Mr Granger, he needs to demonstrate that he can step-in and put a stop to this weekend’s meetings.
Yours faithfully,
Robin Singh
