| The PPP campaign of rhetoric has begun |
| Tuesday, 24 August 2010 | |
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By Richard Francois \Guyana is a country with serious balance of payment problems and as a result depends on funds offered by or sourced through international funding agencies, many of whom are located in developed western capitalist states. Recently Guyana was fortunate to gain a renewed commitment by one of those agencies, USAID. Through this financial support we will see over US$13 million being injected into the areas of health, economic growth and governing justly and democratically for another year. USAID provided a breakdown of how the funds will be dispersed; stating that $8,319,281 will be allocated to area of health, $2,809,000 to economic growth and $2 million will go towards governing justly and democratically. The commitment of USAID towards ensuring that the Guyanese people receive much needed help in the sectors earmarked for disbursement, highlights the fact that development is viewed by USAID as a holistic activity that must continue even within the constraints that exist in the current administration. The Peeper went on to highlight the weakness of the opposition lobbying attempts to the US government by the use of a so-called poorly constructed dossier on human rights violations and went on to point out that it is clear that the US government is willing to work with the current Guyana government and is not interested in waiting to see the results of the next general elections. That latter observation has some truth. The US has signaled that it is willing to work with the current government even with their current limitations. Development is a work in progress. There are no sanctions on Guyana. Therefore the work of providing help to Guyana by international funding agencies must continue even with the imperfect conditions that exist in our type of governance. I personally don’t see anything else within the gesture by USAID that signals something other than a commitment to the Guyanese people ensuring development continues. Actually if one assesses the way the funds will be disbursed it will be seen that the largest tranche will be injected into the health sector fighting HIV/AIDS. So if there is anything that can be interpreted by this US$13 million commitment just received by the government from USAID, it is that USAID has recommitted itself to the fight against HIV/AIDS in Guyana. Any change in government would still see large injections of aid from international funding agencies; even those headquartered in the US, because Guyana’s problem will not disappear overnight. I am pleased that Guyanese are a perceptive people and that the attempts by some commentators to craft false realities will not lure them into a false sense of despair. The struggle must go on. The joint opposition must know that this small gesture by USAID is by no means related to any greater ideology but that of Guyana’s sustainable development. This election season is on and lots will be said and written with the aim of infiltrating the consciousness of individuals attempting to provide in some cases deceit to the simple mind luring it into believing that which is not necessarily true. The campaign of rhetoric has already begun. |
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