IT is amazing how perspectives on fundamental issues affecting the lives and well-being of the Guyanese people vary according to where people stand on the political divide. The opposition parties are clearly viewing developments through their own political lenses and are therefore unable to see things objectively and clearly. A good case in point is the Amalia Falls hydro-electric project which everyone agrees is good for Guyana, but some opposition elements with obvious political agendas continue to throw up roadblocks from make the project a reality.

The time has come for us to put the national interest before narrow partisan interests. Cheap and reliable energy is an important pre-requisite for the modernization process as so many countries have demonstrated both in the developed and developing world.

The parliamentary Opposition should stop playing politics with the overall good of Guyanese and the future of this nation. I urge all those who are genuinely interested in the growth and development of this country to support this ground-breaking project which when become operational will have a transformative effect on the lives of all Guyanese.

Regardless of what is being peddled by some people as to the viability and long term sustainability of the project hydro-electric energy is much cheaper, cleaner and cost-effective than fossil-based fuel and very much in consonance with the low carbon growth trajectory that is now widely embraced by the international community.

Let us think and act big and stop being narrow-minded and petty. We must eschew the tendency to oppose for the sake of scoring cheap political points.

Let us put nation before self. The Guyanese people will not take kindly to those who seek to, as it were,  put spokes in the wheels of development and progress.