Dear Editor,
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Clement J Rohee for his letter `Guyana must walk between the rain drops amidst US-China tensions’ (SN, 2nd April 2021) whereby the gentleman indicated that Guyana needs to balance its international relationships.
The vast majority of Guyanese are interested in raising our living standards and reducing/eliminating poverty in Guyana not international geopolitics.
The APNU+AFC had practically signed-away Guyanese oil to US interests and now the PPP/C is looking to sign-away our other natural resources to Chinese interests.
We do want the investments from China, America, Canada, CARICOM, UK, EU, Russia, etc. But, we want sustainable development of our resources. We do not want all the gold dug out of Guyana leaving us with environmental degradation and empty pockets.
At the moment, Guyana’s economy is the fastest growing economy in the world. We need to capitalise on this momentum and bring in other investments into Guyana to help with job creation to alleviate poverty. Or, the PPP/C can sit there for the next four years and play `Geopolitical Chess’ with its development partners.
We’re a democracy and we support democracies.
Yours faithfully,
Sean Ori
