WHEN Imran Khan’s aunt inspired the campaign slogan “It is time to vote for change,” I am sure she did not have in mind just change of central Government, but also change in every aspect of corruption within every institution within this society.

I have been a miner for the last 35 years, and worked in many mining areas in this country. We as Guyanese elected a Government for all Guyanese, so we all can live and be a part of what Guyana has to offer us. With a new Government in place, I am and we are appealing to the minister who will be responsible for the mining sector to address the corruption at the Guyana Geology and Mines Commission (GGMC). In my 35 years of mining, corruption is at its highest from the top to the bottom at the Commission, especially with the top officials in the GGMC.
These officials are (allegedly) taking bribes without any regard and do not have any respect for any miner that does not have money to pay a bribe.
The previous Administration was working on a plan to change the administration at GGMC because of multiple complaints from miners. We are seeking the new Administration to take into consideration all these corruption and start by reorganising GGMC in a way that will be more transparent and less corrupt and this can be done by removing the heads, and tails will follow.
The miners association which should represent all miners, only acts when someone in the association gets hurt, so what the top official at GGMC does is to satisfy the executive at the top so that they cannot come against them. So the association will not say anything towards these corrupt GGMC officials. One would hope that the new Government would change these top GGMC corrupt officials, so that the miners could get a better Commission. Let’s start with a new breath of fresh air, not only with Government but with institutions in this beautiful Guyana.
LAWRENCE ADAMS