Ashni Singh the Robin Hood of Guyana?

I THINK everyone is familiar with the Robin Hood story, the man who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Well, it seems we have our own Robin Hood story in the making with the combined Opposition (APNU/AFC) seeking to send the Minister of Finance to jail because, according to them, he spent money from the treasury on development projects without their approval. First let me congratulate the Minister of Finance of Guyana for spending money from the treasury to benefit our people, rather than spending it on himself, a well known trait of the PNC. We all know he did not steal the money and the Opposition alliance has acknowledged this, because he has financial papers detailing the expenditures which are tabled in Parliament for every single dollar spent. I must, however, state my dismay at the utter ignorance and stupidity of the opposition members in Parliament, led by Mr. Granger and his band of misfits in the APNU/AFC alliance. Where in the world does a Finance Minister go to jail for spending and accounting for monies which the court ruled he can spend, and not only this, but go to jail for spending on the people of his country as he and his government were elected to do? Just in case the people of Guyana have not been following this class act of stupidity by the opposition, let me just refresh my fellow Guyanese that the Minister is (1)being accused by the combined opposition (AFC/APNU), (2) will be prosecuted by the AFC/APNU and then (3) sentenced by the AFC/APNU. I can just see the world media descending on Guyana to report on this class act of stupidity. Our opposition leaders’ faces will be published looking as bewildered as ever, with a picture of the Minister of Finance heading to jail for his crime of spending on development projects for the people of his country. I wish to urge the Minister that should he be tried by this band of misfits and sentenced, the only winner will be him, because the people of Guyana will have more respect for him and he will begin that journey like the Gandhis, Mandelas and the Jagans to serve time for fighting for the development of your people. I believe it is time that the people of Guyana ask themselves the question and think about it carefully: are we going to sit and see the rest of the world ridicule us as Guyanese once again for the backward step the combined opposition is taking us in? It is time we do some introspection and ask ourselves if we are going to follow, once again, the following individuals: David Granger: Member of the Army when Dr Rodney was assassinated by the PNC and also when all the elections in Guyana were rigged, who, up to this moment, is denying any knowledge and involvement; also accused just recently of rigging his own party election, again, to become Leader, which he shockingly denied although his own party comrades accused him of rigging the elections; Moses Nagamottoo: one-time presidential hopeful of the PPP, who has turned to vindictiveness to get back at the party that did not nominate him because, according to him, he was the apparent heir to the presidency; Carl Greenidge: Minister of Finance whose tenure was filled with negative growth rates, banning of essential items such as flour, author of the mismanagement of Guyana’s economy through long lines for cooking gas, water, etc, and most importantly, cannot account for the loans and grants that were given to Guyana; Khemraj Ramjattan: another political reject from the PPP, who has spite and vindictiveness as his main political goals, involved in corrupt practices by trying to vote down and stop the building of the Marriott Hotel and Specialty Hospital because his clients are owners of Pegasus and bidders who lost the contract for the same Hospital.

It is time we go back to elections and send a clear message to the band of misfits that we, as Guyanese, no longer want to have the faces of ignorance representing us. We demand strong and visionary leadership for the people and not one that is premised on power hunger, spite and vindictiveness.

STEVEN ALLY

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