Dear Editor
BHARRAT Jagdeo’s continuous deceptive promises of his party caring for the Guyanese people has just been cruelly exposed, with the announcement by the Berbice Bridge Company of newly proposed rates of toll; these can only be described as burdensome and posing a threat to the daily livelihoods of Berbicians – his mainstay constituency of political support.

We must remember that although the construction of the bridge was of the arrangement of public/private/partnership, that among the latter would have been Jagdeo’s best friend.

The reality is that this bridge has not been bringing in the expected rate of returns, and this has been due to fewer vehicles making use of the facility. In fact, the largest investor, the National Insurance Scheme, has not even begun to receive a penny on its investment. One can now better appreciate the former Chief Executive Officer Maurice Arjoon’s, of the New Building Society, refusal to be bullied into participating in such a project, for which he was punished by dismissal on a set of trumped-up accusations, compliments of the evil machinations of Freedom House.

It would seem that Dr Surendra Persaud, who is also chairman of the National Insurance Board, perhaps conceived the idea of killing two birds with one stone, which would include ensuring that the board also recoups its investment.

This chairman must be informed that the founders of the NIS would never have envisaged such unconscionable burdening of the citizenry, as a means of investment returns. Not those visionaries!

I never doubted that this would have occurred, with regard the Berbice Bridge, particularly the private investment segment.

Editor, it is instructive to note that Jagdeo has condemned the “killer” increases, but that is “with his mouth,” as we Guyanese would say. Let us see if he would bring out his constituents to picket the BBCI office. Afraid to offend your best friend, Bobby?

Regards
Earl Hamilton