THE PPP/C administration has just completed three years of its elected five-year mandate. To say that the country has made substantial economic and social progress during the past three years would be an understatement.

In actual fact, the entire economic and social fabric of the society is changing at lightning speed, with Guyana now having reached a stage where it is no longer seen as a poor developing country, but as a high-income nation.

This meteoric rise in the nation’s economic status in just a matter of a few years is not fortuitous or accidental, but the result of astute and visionary leadership by the PPP/C and its leaders.
Indeed, a new era has now dawned, characterised by higher levels of inclusivity and participatory democracy. The economic and social landscape of the country is experiencing catalytic changes; the transformation and modernisation of the country is there for all to see.

Yet there are some who are so blinded by prejudice against the PPP/C administration that they simply cannot see things objectively and in a rational and unbiased way.
Only recently, Vice-President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo had cause to comment harshly on a Stabroek News editorial which painted a picture of gloom and doom, completely oblivious to the monumental transformative changes that are taking place in the country.

This is nothing short of hypocrisy. By not focusing on the positives and only on perceived shortcomings, the people of Guyana are provided with a one-sided and distorted picture of development in the country, which runs counter to the norms of fair and balanced reporting by the mass media.

The concept of Development Support Communication is pushed in the background and only “news” critical of the PPP/C administration seems worthy of publication by the so-called independent media.

According to Vice-President Jagdeo, who is also General Secretary of the ruling PPP/C, the current administration has done more in a single year for the people of Guyana in terms of welfare than the previous APNU+AFC administration did in five years.

He outlined the several achievements in several facets of national life, including the regulatory and management framework of the oil and gas sector.
According to Dr. Jagdeo, Guyana has one of the most aggressive agendas for improving the regulatory and management framework for the oil and gas sector.

“We have amended the Natural Resource Fund (NRF)…today it has gained international kudos because of the amendments we made. Significant amendments that vastly enhanced the transparency in the use of resources” the Vice-President stressed.

However much the political opposition may wish to deny, the fact of the matter is that the PPP/C administration has delivered in substantial ways.
This point was made by President Ali who pointed out that the manifesto promises of the PPP/C have been fulfilled and, in some cases, surpassed to a point where the country has now progressed to an advanced stage of development, one that has brought prosperity to every Guyanese home.

What the country is experiencing, according to President Ali, is a new paradigm; one that will provide valuable opportunities for Guyana and position the country as an important global leader on a number of global issues including food security, energy and climate.

“We are laying the framework now to ensure that we present a Guyana that by 2030 will be[a] sustainable, highly competitive, developed, advanced country in which citizens of our country will enjoy the best health care, enjoy the best educational services.
“Where prosperity will come to every home; where we will be singing from a singular Guyanese hymnbook that we are one, that we are together,” the President said.
The above are some facts which opposition elements would rather not acknowledge, if only to lend “credence” to their false narrative based on lies, half-truths and distortions. These, for the political opposition, represent “inconvenient truths” which they will conveniently ignore.

As the nation celebrates three years of the current PPP/C administration in office, the prospects for a prosperous and inclusive society have never been better. Guyana is today experiencing one of its best moments. The pace of growth and development is picking up momentum, thanks to dynamic and visionary leadership of President Ali and the PPP/C administration.