—Dr. Jagdeo blasts opposition parties for recycling PPP’s policy agenda
THE poorly disguised replica of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C)’s ideas by the opposition has been called out by PPP General Secretary and Guyana’s Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, who has exposed the brazen theft as evidence of these factions being bankrupt of ideas.
During a public meeting at Meten-Meer-Zorg on Friday, the Vice President highlighted how the PPP/C administration, since taking office in 2020, has not only created thousands of jobs but also rid Guyanese of the hardships that were placed on their backs by the APNU+AFC government.
As Guyanese head to the upcoming polls, the party has already provided an extensive summary on how it aims to continue Guyana on its rapid development trajectory.
“We kept every promise we made. So, when we go to these elections, we go with a great deal of credibility. We are a trustworthy party…We do what we say. No other political party can claim that. You see, all of them, now with manifestos, they’re stealing our ideas.
“They don’t even have the original thought to come up with ideas of their own and the promise that they make is not worth the toilet paper that you go to the toilet with,” Jagdeo said.
On Thursday, the opposition’s desperate bid to fool the electorate with its grandiose promises, which include billion-dollar handouts, has not escaped the attention of Dr. Jagdeo, who has slammed officials for resorting to reckless populism to pull votes.
He made these remarks during a press conference on Thursday at Freedom House, Georgetown, as he called out the opposition for just spewing whatever sounds good, while ignoring whether their promises are economically sane.
For the past week, opposition factions have beefed up their churning out of pledges, and according to Dr. Jagdeo, political parties can put anything on paper.
With fresh elections on the horizon, the Vice-President highlighted that the opposition is once again reaching for the sky, with no economic ladder to even climb.
He specifically pointed to the “We Invest in Nationhood” (WIN) party, led by US-sanctioned businessman Azruddin Mohamed, whose manifesto launch, on Thursday, was met with a mix of scepticism and scrutiny.
Jagdeo derided the party’s promotional materials, claiming, “Azruddin plagiarised our flyer and called it a manifesto.”
Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh has dismissed the Manifesto released by the WIN party as one that is completely lacking in originality, describing it as “short on originality, and full of plagiarised, copied and recycled ideas.”
Dr. Singh had pointed out several examples from the Manifesto, which he said the PPP has been executing already or explicitly committed to in their recent Manifesto consultation that drew a large crowd at the Princess Hotel on the East Bank of Demerara.