Dear Editor,
KUDOS to President Granger for sticking to his guns on the issue of banning vehicles older than eight years from being imported into the country, and also for banning used tyres. Auto dealers will just have to get over it, and Guyanese will adjust.Editor, it is disgusting how, under the previous administration, Mr. Jadgeo could have been hailed as champion of the earth, as well as touting the LCDS, but yet continue to allow high-polluting vehicles, considered unacceptable in developed countries, into our backyard, and also encouraging the dangerous use of used tyres, which no doubt have contributed to many accidents.

As a public citizen and an expat, I was flabbergasted as to why our cities and towns continue to be bombarded by these really noxious vehicles that emit vast amounts of unwanted gases into people’s faces and the environment, but somehow our leaders would be barefaced enough to brag about the modernity of Guyana to foreign dignitaries. What hypocrites!

I, for one, welcome the ban, and only hope that in a matter of years we can move to electric cars, as the technology becomes more mainstream and affordable, along with the hope of having better roads and maybe a beautiful highway to Lethem and elsewhere in Guyana.

Guyanese should be proud that they have a President that looks out for their interest and well-being instead of the bottom line.

Whether this continues is yet to be seen, but my glass is up on this decision by our leaders.

A. PERSAUD