PLAIN old hypocrisy and a desire for trouble-making are the reasons behind the questioning of Former President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo’s medical bill. What is so barefaced with A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and the Alliance For Change (AFC) is the fact that when they are enjoying a part of a deal, they relish it and never stop to think.

However, when the PPP/C is in the same situation, both parties conjure up the courage to ask questions.
Here are some examples where the voice of complaint was totally silent: when Former Opposition Leader Robert Corbin and the late Sheila Holder exacted funds from the State to seek medical attention abroad (as this had become necessary); just recently, when the Former Deputy Speaker Deborah Backer was ill and had to be flown abroad for medical attention; and then, during the scary moments, when Alliance For Change Chairman Nigel Hughes had fallen ill in the interior and had to be flown out.
It is very disgusting indeed that APNU, AFC and certain sections of the media are so hellbent on misinforming and misleading the public. Their agenda is very clear. It is about stirring up negative sentiments regarding the PPP/C. I think that we all remember how APNU and AFC had called for public debates, but only to back off when they were being exposed and embarrassed. Here again, it is the same story. They are making claims and they cannot substantiate them. They peddle their suspicions as though these are actual facts. They even refuse to investigate and check on what they are talking about. I think that in their minds they are saying that if we were in power, then we would have been corrupt.

There is an old proverb that says ‘those who are suspicious were once guilty’. I add here that those who are suspicious are planning to steal (or do the same thing that they are attacking the PPP for). APNU and AFC seem to be panicking.

It is my hope that more and more people will get to know what is really happening here in this country. It is not surprising that these two parties are so much for curtailing the work of the National Communications Network (NCN) and the Government Information and News Agency (GINA). They want to block the passage of truth to the people. And I think that by now both APNU and AFC cannot stand this.

SHARON McDONALD