Dear Editor
THE deviousness of opposition leader Bharat Jagdeo is to ascribe well known venalities that were committed during his government to that of the A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) administration.

In yet another display of this disgusting, dishonest narrative, reference is made in a report in Demerara waves of August 02, 2018, captioned, “Jagdeo accuses Granger of double standards in education, jobs, employment.”

In this article, he seeks to take the President to task for what had been a frank address by the latter to a pre-emancipation gathering on emancipation eve. Among the many allegations he made [is] that “People see it all the time, how they are living the good life: a small group of them and the entire country, including many of these kids who were there”.
It is noted that he did not specify who “they” by name or category, status etc, but is certain that he means some high state officials. As far as is known–and Georgetown is a very small place–such a social life is not known to be lived by members of the Granger administration, or senior members of state. Certainly, even if they do have social time, it is not on the grand scale that became the brand of the nouveaux riche, during the criminal state of the former PPP/C.

Much had been made about the government having to pay large sums as rent for some ministers of the government. One suspects that may be what Jagdeo is referring [to].
Many of these cabinet officers are known to have had their material possessions long before they became cabinet ministers; and not feasting on the state’s resources, building mansions and accumulating other costly possessions as their counterparts did during the former administration. These are just some of the examples of ostentatious and profligate living by members of the PPP/C clique during the reign of their government.

These are indeed different times, and the coalition government is relentless in its initiatives in combatting this cancer. At least no minister is reported to be spending tax payers’ money on very expensive dental procedures, as occurred during the PPP/C administration.
As an aside, it is already shown that even high profiled party personalities are not spared when they infringe the law, as in the case of Abel Seetaram of the AFC, who had not so long ago been convicted by the court for a very serious case of assault.

Regards
Troy Garraway