Dear Editor

IT was an awesome experience and mind-blowing sight last Saturday when I journeyed to the East Bank of Berbice in Region Six for an open-air street corner meeting organised by the Alliance For Change Regional Management Committee in that region.

As I was leaving New Amsterdam with my AFC colleague Devindra Sookraj, I was wondering what the ride will be like after listening to all the comments from the  PPP about the road on the East Bank of Berbice. It was told and being said that the road is no good and was all sub-standard work being done through the Ministry of Public Infrastructure and bad leadership from that said ministry towards the project. But, what the eyes see it cannot lie and what the eyes see is proof of what is being done as seeing is not deceiving.

As we passed Stanleytown, I asked my colleague knowing that he traverses the area frequently, how are things on the East Bank and what are the major complaints from residents. He said to me, “you gonna see with your own eyes and hear with your own ears, let me not tell you because you going to say I am one sided.”

As we passed Stanleytown,  I didn’t notice that we were now driving on the newly asphalted East Bank Berbice Road. It was so smooth. When I did notice that we were at Gay Park due to the large Mandir there, I said stop. He asked why? I replied bro, I can’t travel on this newly asphalted East Bank Berbice Road and cannot take a picture of it when Minister David Patterson and the government are being cussed out by the PPP for bad work. We stopped and I took a few pictures. My friend then said to me, that’s just a glimpse of development you seeing thus far. I asked what more is there to see?

He then took me all the way to the area leading into Bermine. I didn’t look for anything strange. So I asked him what’s new here. He said to me the PPP destroyed Bermine and left hundreds of workers without work and their families struggle and now they want to talk about sugar, which they also destroyed. I said that’s not news, we all knew what the PPP has done. But wait, I didn’t realise at that time I was looking at something that will last my lifetime that never happened on the East Bank of Berbice.

So he said to me look there, this is improvement and still we having cuss out from PPP. He pointed to the newly constructed bridge that is being painted in yellow and black.
I was so amazed when he pointed that to me. I had to ensure pictures are taken because I was so happy to see that this APNU+AFC government cares for all. But wait, it didn’t end there. As we turned around to head into Edinburgh Village, I looked up and noticed road lights and asked, when was it installed? My friend said to me lately under this APNUAFC government.

As I talked to many of the residents living on the East Bank of Berbice, they said to me, that it’s a blessing for them to now traverse the road any hour without fear and mostly without thinking that their vehicle will break down or get stuck in one of the many big or large potholes  that was there before. They said to me that they are happy for the road lights and that this government needed to highlight those positives that took place. Many of the residents of Edingburgh told me that what the PPP could or didn’t want to do for them in 23 years, the APNU+AFC government did it in four years for them. This is another testimony of the commitment shown to the development of Guyana, regardless of race, religion or political affiliations throughout Guyana. I must say hats off to Minister David Patterson and team for a job well done thus far and mostly must express on behalf of the many residents of East Bank of Berbice a big thank you to the APNU+AFC government for caring and making their dreams a reality.

Regards
Abel Seetaram