“Under the PPP/C (People’s Progressive Party Civic) our Amerindian people are no longer an invisible people”, was the stern word delivered by Robeson Benn.

Speaking at the Bartica PPP/C Rally, yesterday, Public Works Minister Robeson Benn related to the residents that the development of this community is visible, “we can see the transformation that is present all over Guyana under the PPP/C government.”
He continued with explaining that come May 11 “we need every one to come out, and for those who have not voted with us before we need you because we believe we have the clearance and the vision to take this country to continued progress.”
“ I have been following the development since 1973 and it pleases my heart to see the development in Bartica and we can only get better” he assured the residents.
Reminding the crowd that gathered, Benn pointed out some of the history that the opposition would like us not to remember. “We talk about a faithful choice, the opposition is saying that they are not the old PNC(People’s National Congress) but take warning when the PPP/C government to the majority win on May 11 all this will be changed. They don’t want to talk aboutthe past they want to talk about moving forward. We need to ask them why not talk about the past.”
“We were thrown out of office after 100 days in 1953 and then we took it back like in 1964 we took it back in 1992”, an after this Guyana began to progress, Benn noted.
“Granger has told us that the people of Guyana are jaguars and the country was being led by a pack of jackasses. The only retort we have to that, with the same amount of people, we have an economythat is 5times better than it has ever been. Then we will continue to be the jackasses and do the jackass work and move this country forward. We want to continue to donkey work to develop our country”, Benn stressed with much passion.
He noted that the joint opposition sat in parliament and cut the budget at some of the most critical sectors. The Minister noted that they “cut out the money from the airstrips, cut the Amerindian development funds which were slated to improve the lives of the people who are at risk and live in the interior locations. Do they have any legitimacy to rule in Guyana?”
Benn continued explaining that the opposition rejected the budget for the CheddiJagan International Airport Expansion Project fund which would have been able to develop the tourism sector and created more jobs for our young people. “They also cut the Amalia Falls Hydro Power project which would have produced 165MW renewable power and the monies saved would go towards bettering the different sectors”, he noted.
“We have providedopportunities for our young people everywhere in Guyana and it is no longer a hopeless situation and this is because we have a strong economy”, Benn said.
The Minister concluded his remarks by urging residents to be vigilant because the “greatest hindrance in our country today is the collated APNU+AFC (A Partnership for National Unity and Alliance for Change).
“Progress under President Donald Ramotar and Prime Ministerial candidate Elisabeth Harper, come May 11 vote for PPP/C”, he urged.

Rebecca Ganesh