GENERAL-SECRETARY of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP), Clement Rohee, yesterday dubbed comments by the Opposition Leader, David Granger, as “tantrums” and concluded that the official is “sailing” on the issue of Guyana’s infrastructural advances.

He said: “The PPP finds amusing the recent tantrums displayed by David Granger concerning the current state of the country’s infrastructure.
“At a recent APNU press conference where he was obviously sailing, Granger referred to “poor infrastructure” and how “roads, bridges, stellings, canals and other amenities have degenerated” under the Peoples Progressive Party.
“The PPP cannot help but insist that Granger continues to be a stranger to the truth and can only wonder in which country he is really living.”
“This soldier/historian turned politician has obviously contracted amnesia resulting in his inability to recall the state of the country’s infrastructure which his PNC regime bequeathed to the people of Guyana.”
According to Rohee, Granger needs to be reminded about the trail of destruction and degradation which occurred during the years of PNC dictatorship.
He said, “The People’s Progressive Party finds it necessary to jolt Granger’s memory, especially concerning the PNC’s track record and to remind him about how far we have come as a nation as regards physical and social infrastructural development.
“The PPP finds it necessary to remind Mr. Granger about the dilapidated, physical infrastructure and social amenities which his party presided over during its 28 years in Government.
“…if we are to lend the proverbial ear to Granger’s claim then we must conclude that it was the PNC dictatorship that was the cause of the destruction of our country’s social and physical infrastructure.”
The General-Secretary underscored the fact that ‘Time to Rebuild’ was the theme under which the PPP/C started to rebuild Guyana’s social and physical infrastructure.
He said, “The PPP/C is proud of the work that successive Administrations have done and without boasting about it. In this regard; 1,200 schools have been built or rebuilt; hundreds of miles of roads have been built in villages all around the country; bridges that will stand for the long term have been built from Supenaam to Charity, from Rosignol to Georgetown; and from Georgetown to Timehri.
“Under the PNC less than 20,000 vehicles used our roadways, today there are over 150,000 vehicles utilising the roadways of our country; the Ogle International Airport and the Berbice River Bridge are testimonies to what Public/Private Partnerships can accomplish in infrastructure development under the PPP/C Administration.”
Rohee acknowledged that as a Nation, Guyanese must look to the future and plan to ensure that what we build is maintained and that we continue with our expansion programmes.
“Faced with challenges such as APNU/AFC budget cuts resulting in the denial of funds for airstrips, the expansion of the Cheddi Jagan International Airport, the Amaila Falls Road and Hydro Project as well as the expansion of electricity and internet connectivity, the PPP/C urges the Government to press ahead with the Nation’s interest for the benefit of all Guyanese,” he stressed.