Guyanese, and in general all peoples, clamour for the opportunity to pay reduced electricity bills.

Who wouldn’t? This necessary utility has not only transformed human existence, but has become the nucleus of everyday life. Simply put, life without electricity is tantamount to being banished into prehistoric times. No one would relish the indignity of such an inhumane journey back into the past. Unfortunately, Guyana is not devoid of individuals who are overly ecstatic to shepherd their countrymen and women back into the Stone Age.
The most recent example of such willingness to plunge the nation into backwardness was when the Opposition, in another demonstration of how to misuse its combined one-seat majority in the National Assembly, ruthlessly voted down the Amaila Falls Hydro Project, literally pulling the plug on this national endeavour. Not to revisit all the immeasurable benefits and transformative potential of this project, importantly, the Amaila Hydro will undoubtedly provide much cheaper much cleaner electricity. This must be grounds enough for any sane person to support, for it will translate into savings for the consumers and will ensure the country saves billions currently spent on the importation of fossil fuel.
As a result, both the populace and the treasury will be in possession of more disposable income for personal and national development. This is what the Amaila project brings. It therefore begs the question, how could anyone, more so, Opposition politicians who are elected to enhance development, would want to strangle the Amaila Hydro thereby denying all, including their constituents, the opportunity to derive the related benefits of this project? Unbelievable! This is even more astonishing, especially when the world is now desperately seeking cheaper and cleaner alternatives for the provision of electricity.
Unfortunately, the Amaila hydro is not the only transformative project to be stifled by the combined opposition. The speciality hospital, the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport (CJIA) and the subsidy to GPL which is geared to cushion higher electricity tariffs, are all causalities of the one-seat dispensation. These are clear acts of deprivation perpetrated against the Guyanese people. The Opposition cannot justify this by any reason or logic. In this context, one can only agree with President Donald Ramotar who described such action as an act of terrorism on Guyanese.
To describe it otherwise, would be venturing into the realms of dishonesty. What is even more unbelievable and downright laughable, is the response by the Leader of the Alliance For Change, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, justifying his action by describing it as prudence as against terrorism! Terrorism leads to deprivation and deprivation is against humanity. His actions and that of his colleagues in the Opposition are glaringly depriving Guyanese of cheaper electricity, a cleaner, related environment, billions in national savings, a subsidy to help ease their financial challenges towards current electricity tariffs, modern and specialised healthcare and a modern international airport.
It begs other questions, how could a learned lawyer like Mr. Ramjattan, interpret such deprivations as prudence? Is this an attempt, as lawyers generally do, to use language to create alternative impressions and thereby hoodwink people into believing that the forced deprivation of benefits from these projects is prudence? Guyanese are not stupid and if Mr. Ramjattan is under such impression, not only is it insulting to the populace, but a derivative of his capacity to use language, or lack thereof, to foster an interpretation for self gratification. Clearly he is woefully oblivious of what prudence is!
If he wants to comprehend what prudence is, all he has to do is look at the developmental transformation the country has undergone over the last twenty years under the PPP/C administration. He was part of the administration and would have articulated the financial atrocities the PNC committed on Guyanese; atrocities that culminated in the bankruptcy of this now prosperous nation; clearly, the opposite of prudence. He would have articulated the many other acts of deprivation perpetrated on Guyanese by the PNC administration, including food, freedom and rights deprivations. How some twenty years after, such deprivations are revered as prudence by Mr. Ramjattan?
Is it because as the now seemingly mouthpiece of the Opposition, he has to vociferously oppose even if it is to the detriment to his fellow countrymen and women? Clearly, like all Guyanese, he must be aware of the benefits of the Amaila hydro and the other projects. By extension, one can only conclude that he and his Opposition colleagues are deliberately opposing projects that are immensely beneficial. That’s not prudence Mr. Ramjattan; that’s hypocrisy! That makes it easier to understand why the Opposition seems proud to lead the journey back to the dark days. Maybe it’s where they feel at home. Their mismanagement while in government is indicative!