WHO should Guyanese blame for the nation’s not achieving as much progress and development as it should have, based on its natural resources?

Perhaps, they should first look at themselves, since they elected their present representatives in parliament. If voters are unhappy with their representatives, maybe they should demand more from them now, and not wait for the next election, or for those elected to change their behaviour.
Elected officials may be seen as more to blame, since they were entrusted with the task of providing good governance through good policies that will help improve the lives of both their supporters and other Guyanese equally.
Elected officials are there to serve the nation, not a Party, and must work with other parties and all stakeholders to improve the lives of all Guyanese, and not just seek to improve their own chances at the next elections, while trying to prevent the success of other parties.
What is easily overlooked is that regardless of which party wins an election, their policies and programmes are mostly implemented and administered by public servants. While they may not make general policies, they have more inputs in the formulation and carrying out of government policies and programmes than the ordinary Guyanese realises.
It is at these levels that a significant impact on a policy or programme that either succeeds or fails is determined. To put it simply, the public servant may be more to blame for the quality of governance than they or others may admit or know. Some form of power-sharing may already exist, since public servants and regional officials have an opportunity and responsibility to implement and carry out their duties effectively, without bias, corruption or illegal political pressure.
Surely, all individuals within these groups have some responsibility to question whether they are fulfilling their mandate and duty to the public? In the end, it is the collective and individual actions of citizens, regardless of party, that may ultimately be responsible, based on what they do, or fail to do, in the society that has the greatest impact on Guyana’s progress.

N. AUGUSTUS