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Bringing Guyana Into the 21st Century
The PPP have done absolutely nothing to radically address these sore, latent issues, which are a major cause of crime, from robbery and murder, to the nasty spates of domestic violence that permeate our society. Make no mistake about it, large sections of Guyanese society live under intense stress caused by an inability to provide enough for their homes. The Opposition, which constitutes the majority representation of the people, recently informed the public that the PPP has blatantly ignored it in the preparation of the 2014 budget. This apparently with the obvious intent of pushing through those fat, soupdistributing projects which give kickbacks years down the line to its servants, friends and associates. Of course, this budget will probably be cast as another record-breaking (back-breaking for the man in the street) budget, designed to bring prosperity to all and sundry. The majority Opposition is therefore encouraged to be prepared to pare the budget of those familiar money-grabbing projects intent on siphoning off our resources to fatten the PPP’s friends and associates.
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Our Guyanese brothers and sisters who consider themselves PPP supporters should see for themselves what they and their children have suffered as a result of the PPP’s dalliances and its busted projects. All of which, as I have said before, enrich only the few closely aligned and working for the so-called pet companies and businesses. The PPP is a most anti-democratic organization, a political machinery whose object is not to govern for the benefit of all, but to maintain power by brainwashing their supporters and whoever else would listen to their propaganda while fattening themselves.
The PPP’s supporters must understand one thing: all of us, regardless of which party we support, want the same things. These are the ability to provide for ourselves and our families comfortably. We all want a government that is not intent on enriching itself through wasteful, corrupt projects with kickbacks; a government that recognizes our needs and mobilizes resources to address those needs. We want a government that is democratic, one that recognizes
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