Dear Editor
IT is evident that Bharrat Jagdeo and his PPP/C Members of Parliament (MPs) have been exposed for the naked lies that they presented in response to Budget 2019. Their fake statistics and other fictitious information, presented as supporting their made-up mathematics, were not only cruelly countered and dissected, but also comprehensively refuted by the coalition government during the debate. Those five days of parliamentary exchanges underlined a political opposition party which only strategy when confronted by truth and reality, is to dig deep into the recesses of its dark minds for the weapons of deviousness, deception; and dangerous lies.

It is evident that the PPP/C is reeling from its abysmal debate performance in the National Assembly; entirely wooden and void of any rational understanding and realistic sense as they frantically tried to continue their deliberate and unfair crusade against a government,the latest budget of which is another manifestation of a country that is on the move.

It then should come as no surprise of Jagdeo’s announced intention of seeking the prime minister’s removal from the National Assembly, because of his performing the duties of acting president in the absence of President Granger. It is another act of attempting to destabilise a government and by extension the nation that is on a trajectory of a very bright future of benefiting all Guyanese.

For all it is worth, this is another brick in an orchestrated strategy by the Jagdeo-led Freedom House cabal to grab power at any cost. Along with his filed motion of no-confidence, this is a patently clear attempt intended to create an ungovernable country, casting doubt about the government’s ability to govern, thus making for an environment of uncertainty that will lead to a crisis.

This is about uncontrolled desperation; effecting any wild act which the opposition has theorised will bring the government down, including attempting to defeat the passage of the Appropriations Bill, which gives parliamentary approval to Budget 2019.
But there is also another element, though not directly related to this attempt at power-grabbing, but incidental: the continuous attack on the dignity of the prime minister, the Leader of Government Business in the House.

For the leader of the opposition to state “that the presence of the prime minister will not be missed…”, again underlines the continuous, shameful, and disrespectful behaviour which he continues to lead, aid and abet, towards the prime minister, an elected member of the House. Of course, the pain of defeat is still felt by the Freedom House bullies, led by Jagdeo; for they cannot accept the latter’s decision to quit a party because of its stifling undemocratic culture, and refusal to question its nature, relevance, and continuation in a world that has undergone exponential change since 1992. Of course, Prime Minister Nagamootoo’s decision has been credited for ending the disastrous reign of the PPP/C government in 2015. It is a crass and unenlightened brand of political conduct that reeks of personal spite and vindictiveness, which says a lot about what the PPP/C understands of and respect for political plurality.

Jagdeo especially, does not possess the political wit, eloquence, and intellectual gravitas of Prime Minister Nagamootoo; PM Nagamootoo’s contribution on any matter in the House continues as a rebuke to the nasty, insultive, and uninformed content of Jagdeo and fellow PPP/C MPs parliamentary contributions, as evidenced by the recent Budget 2019 debate. He speaks with an informed mind, setting the historical facts as they ought to be set.
Certainly, such a political mode represents a party that is just surviving and intends to do so at any cost. This has been its political way of life: playing to its political base, applying the dangerous deception of crude, ugly racism; this is supported by dubious statements about national issues, repeated often to give a veneer of truth in its desperate bid to convince supporters of its relevance to a changing political plateau– a plateau which continues to gradually render its anti-national political culture, obsolete.

Guyana can ill afford any of these continuous displays of selfish political designs that have become the daily pre-occupation of Jagdeo and his party, the only focus of which is about grabbing power. In this regard, the government must continue its focus to advance the best interests its people as outlined in the budget, and not allow itself to be distracted by actions that are incompatible with the mission of providing “The Good Lif” for all Guyanese.

Regards
Troy Garraway