I read a letter in the Stabroek News of Wednesday February 5, 2014 by Carl A Parker under the caption “Lethem needs an increased subvention.” Kindly permit me to state to the following in your newspaper:1. Carl A Parker, an APNU/PNC activist and Regional Councillor of Region 9 has once again emerged from oblivion to create anti-government mischief in Lethem as he is known for. He will again swiftly speed away to his habitat of gloom and doom.

2. Parker seems to have a problem with the management of the Lethem Power Company Inc. (LMPCI) which has absolutely nothing to do with the rise in electricity tariffs and the inefficiency of the Lethem Power Company’s management as he is mischievously and falsely claiming in the Stabroek News.
3. The problem with Parker which he is hiding is that he is disgruntled over the removal of his PNC/APNU buddies who once controlled, mismanaged and crippled the electricity situation in Lethem prior to the intervention of the Lethem Power Company Inc. This is why Parker and his clique are now grinding their Anti-Government axe against the management of the Lethem Power Company which is currently doing an excellent Job in terms of effectively managing the power supply system in Lethem and its environs.
4. In relation to the recent increase in electricity tariffs in Lethem, Parker and residents all agreed and signed to the agreement which was posted up at public places in Lethem for all to see. Parker in his political wickedness signed a petition calling for a reduction in electricity tariffs in Lethem. Some Amerindians signed the petition but were not clear on what they were signing onto. My information from Lethem is that PNC/APNU Member of Parliament, Sydney Allicock also signed the petition. This is totally anti-government politics in action at Lethem which must be ignored and rejected.
5. So Parker and Sydney Allicock MP of the PNC/APNU are now calling for the reduction of electricity tariffs at Lethem and an increased subvention for the Power Company. But what increase in subvention when the PNC/APNU and AFC chopped the 2012 & 2013 National Budgets? Such an increase in subvention for Lethem’s Power Company therefore may be impossible.
6. The PNC/APNU said that the 2014 National Budget will again be chopped. What APNU/PNC Member of Parliament Sydney Allicock can do in this regard if he claims to be concerned about Lethem’s electricity tariffs is to move a motion in Parliament calling on his PNC/APNU party and the AFC not to cut the 2014 National Budget since it will cause suffering to the residents of the Rupununi Region.
PETER PERSAUD