Dear Editor,
Since GECOM had made the decision to end the House to House registration process before its scheduled time, there has been so many letters written twisting the narrative.
Please permit me a space in your Newspaper to respond to a letter that was published in the Guyana Times dated August 30th, 2019. Haseef Yusuf’s letter titled, “Guyanese are too tired and cannot be held hostage”, where he declares that, “The coalition Government has once again shown its total disregard and insensitivity for the hard-earned taxpayers’ dollars of the Guyanese people. It matters little that value for money is sacrificed for political expedience and the usual few getting filthy rich in the process”.

The Haseef Yusufs of Guyana must have been in hibernation in the last decade or so in respect to our tax payer’s money and “the usual few getting filthy rich in the process”. Let me remind Mr. Yusuf that the abuse of taxpayers’ money and the few getting filthy rich is the hall mark of the previous administration.

Let’s take a few examples: – the 20×20 flat concrete NIS building at Corriverton for $69M, the Fip Motielall Amaila Falls road to nowhere cost US$40M-plus, the $400M float away Supenaam stelling, and the US$57M ‘investment’ in the Marriott Hotel while schools across the country were falling apart. The latter example is the epitome of insensitivity. And that is just the tip of the iceberg of the PPP/C’s ‘investment’ with taxpayers’ money.

The APNU/AFC will not continue with the old conception of trickery and scam that the PPP/C held Guyanese under for the 23 years in their government when they blatantly abused tax payers’ money. However, this government’s vision is to transform Guyana to a more developed and modern country for All Guyanese. It is clear that given the facts that Yusuf, in my opinion has one main aim, to spread false propaganda and try to cause disruption in Guyana.

Editor, the money approved by Parliament for the House to House registration is not the responsibility or in the hands of the APNU/AFC. In November 2018, the Committee of Supply of the National Assembly approved $5.4 billion dollars for the Guyana Elections Commission for the conduct of House-to-House registration. That was well before the treacherous No Confidence Motion of December 21, 2018. It is hypocritical for Yusuf to now claim that, “the CCJ ruling would have negated the H2H Registration in keeping with the three-month timeline as stipulated by Article 106, but GECOM saw this as a priority to execute the will of the coalition”. The three-month deadline would have expired in due process of litigation, which was the Coalition’s right to pursue constitutionally.

It is so disgraceful to read that Yusuf and cohorts are holding the government accountable for GECOM which is a constitutional, autonomous body. The GEOCOM must be allowed to carry out its functions without hindrance or directions from the likes of Yusuf and his cohorts.

Regards
Ceion Rollox