Dear Editor,
One of the definitions of madness is attempting to do the exact same thing again and again and expect a different result. The entire public service is backward in the delivery of service. Some of those are also not only backward but partisan and make every effort to undermine the government’s programmes. The current government is at a disadvantage in this regard. Yet for some reason that can only be attributed to madness, leaders continue to retain retired public servants who have failed, in senior positions or on state boards. They continue to promote those in the ministries/organizations who were part of the backwardness for years. This act alone continues to propagate the backwardness and incompetence. This is unacceptable to the citizens of Guyana.
The current government has acted like the previous. Got into office. Fired incompetent political appointees which is correct. But then it proceeded to quickly appoint its own incompetent political cronies and incompetent friends. Case in point is the GUYOIL travesty. The GUYSUCO window dressing. The G-Invest drama unfolding. The backward claim by the EPA that an environmental study is not required for the new Demerara river bridge. It appears that the qualifications for employment is be a crony, be part of a failed organization for years, be a slick talker, be a clueless yes-man or yes-woman, a political grasshopper or be of questionable integrity. So the sloth in government continues. Never mind all the public relations hype about all the projects. Every single step in government takes forever to be executed because of inefficiency, ineffectiveness and incompetence.
Sincerely,
Harrish Singh
