Dear Mr. Lall,

I AM writing to you as a concerned citizen on a number of important issues of national interest involving yourself.

Since the PPP/C government was re-elected in 2020, you have been doing a fantastic job; better than the Political Opposition. I commend you for filling the gap, owing to an ineffective, lazy, and incompetent Opposition. There is no doubt that your newspaper, through the professionalism of your journalists, has raised some credible issues that have prompted me to examine, and perhaps even the government, albeit on very rare occasions, maybe one out of every one thousand articles your newspaper has published.

Equally, you would agree that you must accept responsibility for all of your actions, your intentions, whether you have an agenda or not. I believe you do have a political agenda.

I am particularly concerned about the many unanswered questions that you have for this nation, by your own logic, reasoning, and standard. You baselessly bash the government on a daily basis, with no credible evidence to substantiate your allegations, because the government consistently disproves your fabricated stories.

Hereunder are a few issues for which you owe this country and its people an explanation:

i) What is the status with the Guyana Stores deal? Since in the pre-2015 era, you and your associates owed the State over $1 billion dollars. This matter is still pending in court, and it is more than a decade-old issue. So, by your logic and reasoning, if the government or the court adds interest, you now owe the State in excess of $2 billion for Guyana Stores. When can we expect this to be settled? This money, according to your logic, can give 2,000 households a million dollars each, or build 200 low-income homes.

ii) The labourer who fell off your building on Regent Street and died, did you compensate his family? Did you sponsor his funeral? Will you be paying his family a lifetime payment since he died on your work site?

iii) What is the status of the solar energy investor that you promised the government?

iv) Where are the hidden investors in the Marriot? Who are they? Why are you not exposing all these evidence you claim to have?

The fact of the matter remains that you have to be thankful for this government, especially, Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, because, if you were in the United States, the government would have already confiscated your assets for the $2 billion you owe the State. And, since you are planning to form a political party in 2025, you saw what Joe Biden did to Trump? You are very fortunate that the government does not react in an adverse manner to its political opponents.

The government continues to give your newspaper ‘ads’, and they continue to confront your propaganda in a genuine way, and I think you should acknowledge these truths, and come clean with the nation. Tell your viewers how much you owe the State, and when you will settle those liabilities. You can’t compare your situation to ExxonMobil, because Exxon is a publicly traded company, and all of its financial information are public; all of its dealings, operations, and everything else in Guyana are public. If you have questions, the government and Exxon are obligated to provide those answers, which they do. Can you meet those basic standards of transparency? Do you have the integrity and credibility to tell us the truth, and show us your financials?

Yours respectfully,
Joel Bhagwandin