Opposition called out by Dr. Jagdeo for attempting to block development in Region 10

The opposition, APNU+AFC for has been called out by Vice President, Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo for its attempts at blocking development in Region 10. Dr. Jagdeo while speaking during a social media interview on Tuesday, stressed that the APNU+AFC is spending more time on the ground now than it did during its five years in office, creating mischief and trying to stymie development in that region.

“The regional chairman doesn’t want part-time jobs, because we’re going to put in maybe 1,000 part-time jobs, where persons are going to get $40,000 per month and work 10 days. 1,000 families will get these jobs. They don’t want part-time jobs, but APNU took away jobs from the community.” Dr. Jagdeo said.  Vice President Jagdeo noted that the opposition is also against infrastructure development in the region by encouraging persons to engage in the illegal act of squatting.

“They don’t want that, because if that happens, it shows the PPP is making progress.” Jagdeo said noting that the government’s intent to provide 400 families with house lots in Linden.  Dubbing the APNU+AFC’s actions as a ‘clown show’ Jagdeo called on citizens to ignore these rantings, reaffirming the administration’s commitment to enhancing the lives of all Guyanese.

The Vice President in referencing the state-sponsored scholarships being offered through the Guyana Online Academy of Learning (GOAL), Dr. Jagdeo declared that Guyanese from all walks of life can look forward to this opportunity to receive tertiary and other technical qualifications, unlike what obtained under the previous government, where only a select group of persons were awarded scholarships. “This is for the whole country, that is what they can expect, APNU supporters, as well as our supporters, the whole country can expect, working to educate all the people,” Dr Jagdeo explained.

The former President pointed out the fact that opposition MP, Khemraj Ramjattan found virtue in APNU+AFC’s decision to close down the sugar industry placing some 7,000 persons on the breadline. “Claiming they didn’t have money but they were busy spending money on themselves, billions of dollars on food in government, rentals for government, fancy things, travel for government, medical insurance for ministers and their families, we don’t have that, we stopped that under the new PPP government,” the VP said.

Jagdeo singled out Ramjattan’s praise of the APNU+AFC’s ‘lop-sided’ agreement with ExxonMobil. The VP explained that the only expectations that can be garnered from the APNU+AFC are hypocritical assertions. “If you strip the lies out the propaganda and everything else, you will see that every single time we [PPP] have been in office, the country has moved upwards,” Dr. Jagdeo added.

The Vice President had revealed during his outreach to Region 10 back in April, he told residents that the government is committed to having every citizen have access to Guyana’s oil wealth through improved health care and better education.