Dear Editor,
The PNC cabal continues to operate in an alternate universe where they believe Guyanese have forgotten their corrupt, evil and abhorrent policies and actions that inflicted severe pain and suffering on ordinary Guyanese whom they now pretend to embrace in opposition. Christopher Jones and other PNC executives should be ashamed to speak publicly on land matters in light of the party’s horrendous land ownership policies that catered for their rich friends and family while the hopes and dreams of countless Guyanese, who wanted simply to own their own home, were shattered. The PNC sought to profiteer from the opportunity presented by the self-inflicted turmoil that followed the party’s attempts to rig the 2020 elections.
Thousands of acres of state lands were hurriedly transferred into the hands of families, friends and cronies of the PNC, most of it done during the final seven-month period while the party operated a care-taker Government. Land as much as three times the size of Barbados was secretly and illegally given to one crony. The acreage of land shared among the PNC boys surpasses the total amount of land transferred by the PPP to ordinary Guyanese in 23 years. This irrational land-grabbing crusade by the PNC is indicative of their general approach to policy making in Government and which earned them the exclusive distinction of being the most corrupt Government in the history of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
Instead of spewing ridiculous and unfounded claims, Jones should instead, take the lead in addressing the heist of state lands under the PNC. Thousands of Guyanese were cheated out of an opportunity at landownership by an uncaring and unfit PNC-led Government. The PNC apologists and sycophants will always seek to shift the focus away from their corrupt heist of state lands by changing the narrative with lies and distortions that seek to make Government the bogey man. Nonetheless, our Government’s record of accomplishments on land distribution and home ownership is respected and admired by thousands of Guyanese across the country who are benefiting significantly from the transformational policies in the housing sector.
The PNC plundered land and other national assets while in Government and this is replicated at the municipal level. Despite subventions from Government, rates, taxes and other financial inflows, several of our towns, particularly Georgetown, has remained stagnated for close to 60 years. Therefore, we must use the opportunity to vote on June 12 to send an unequivocal message that municipalities are terminating the disastrous policies of the PNC which has led to dilapidated community infrastructure such as roads, bridges, community centers and grounds.
Sincerely,
Kwame McCoy
Minister within the Office of the Prime Minister
