The political opposition seems to be continuing to play games with the

Guyanese people to satisfy its insatiable appetite for destruction and stymieing of progress in its relentless efforts to hurt the government.
While this policy may have some adverse effects on the operations of the government, it is unfortunately having “collateral damage” on the people of Guyana.
One of the opposition’s recent excursions into the circus arena is that they have dubbed the findings of the Linden Commission of Inquiry (CoI) as useless. This is a most ridiculous position when one considers that it was the opposition which vociferously called for an inquiry into the tragic events of Linden and they also agreed with the team selection of esteemed commissioners. But mystifyingly, they now find the work of the CoI useless.
Of course, we all know the reason why they find the work of the CoI useless.  It is as clear as crystal that they adopted this ironic but unfortunate position because the findings of the CoI did not meet their expectations of the government, police and the Home Affairs Minister being found culpable.
However, a most pertinent issue which is being deliberately pushed into the background by the opposition is the fact that the ballistics expert they brought from the UK said unequivocally and unambiguously that the bullets that killed the three protesters were not fired from police weapons.
So it is a case of the “fox saying the grapes are sour.” One can be absolutely sure that had the CoI found the government and the Home Affairs Minister culpable they would have spoken of it in the most glowing terms. However, their current hypocritical position is an indirect attack on the integrity and professionalism of some of the most esteemed and distinguished jurists from this Region.
What is also a very serious matter, but laughable at the same time, is the fact that those who were integrally involved in organising the protest which turned out to be chaos and mayhem are now denying any responsibility for the tragic consequences which resulted. This is like Adolf Hitler denying he had any responsibility for the outbreak and continuation of World War II and its associated atrocities and tragedies.
The opposition, and in particular APNU’s, latest excursion into the circus arena seems to be its position on the national budget, whereby it has been aggressively calling for dialogue as regards preparations. President Donald Ramotar promptly reacted by instructing Finance Minister Dr Ashni Singh to initiate the process of discussions on the preparations of the budget so that there could be consensus.
All seemed to be going good but now at a very crucial time, APNU’s shadow Finance Minister is unavailable because he is out of the country and the Opposition Leader is making threats to cut a budget “he has not yet seen and to impose sanctions for offences that have not been committed”.
Dr Singh disclosed that the government has been waiting since late February for Opposition finance spokesperson Carl Greenidge to indicate when he would be available to meet with the government; Mr. Greenidge having previously requested a postponement of a meeting scheduled by government for February 28.
Since then, Mr. Greenidge has failed to indicate when he would be available to have follow-up discussions with government.
“I would urge Mr. Granger to consider the budget that is eventually submitted to Parliament on its merits, rather than to make preemptive and prejudicial statements that appear to serve no purpose other than pre-budget political posturing. I would also urge Mr. Granger to instruct his team to make themselves available for this important engagement and for them to approach the engagement with open minds, rather that with preconceived politically motivated mind-sets. What ultimately matters is for Guyana to be put first, not for APNU to show its political might by repeatedly threatening to cut the budget or to sanction a minister unjustifiably, simply because its AFC-enabled one-seat majority gives it the power to do so.
The whole country already knows that APNU, aided and abetted by the AFC, has a majority in Parliament. What the country now wants to know is whether this majority will be used to work constructively with government to advance development, or whether it will be used to frustrate government and stymie progress. That is what the people want to know and what the people are waiting to see come Budget 2013,” Dr Singh added.
The Finance Minister has summed up the situation well, but  it is clear that the opposition has other ideas as it is using its combined one-seat majority like the boy with a new toy. Unfortunately, it is the Guyanese nation and the future of this country that will be made to suffer as a result of the opposition’s infantile and puerile behaviour.
It is also clear that the political agenda of the opposition is paramount to that of the nation just like the days when “paramountcy of the party” ruled the roost.