Roysdale Forde S.C. – I am forced to pen this article under sweltering heat in my office. There is a long period of blackout across the city of Georgetown. It has become so commonplace that people are beginning to normalize it. Imagine, in Guyana, a nation awash in USD 76.1 Million of daily oil revenue, citizens must endure long periods of on an almost daily basis.
This specter of daily blackouts is a searing indictment of the PPP/C regime’s staggering failure. This is not about fleeting technical glitches or minor inconveniences; it is the catastrophic unraveling of governance in an energy sector drowning in unprecedented wealth. The people of Guyana, betrayed by a government that feasts on oil riches, are left to grovel in darkness, their aspirations snuffed out like a candle in a storm.
Electricity, the lifeblood of modern society and economic progress, has become a cruel mirage for the average Guyanese. Businesses grind to a halt, hemorrhaging profits. Children strain their eyes over homework by flickering candlelight. Nurses fumble in dim hospital wards, risking lives. Small enterprises, and agricultural processors stagger under the weight of unpredictable outages, their losses piling up like the PPP/C’s broken promises. This is economic sabotage, orchestrated by a regime so inept it defies comprehension.
While ordinary citizens swelter in the dark, the PPP/C elite luxuriate in air-conditioned fortresses, their private generators humming, fueled by the very tax dollars and oil wealth meant to uplift the nation. They are insulated from the sting of blackouts, untouched by the spoiling food in powerless fridges, the lost wages, or the crushing cost of backup systems. This looks very much like class warfare perpetuated by a political elite that thrives on exclusion, incompetence, and unaccountable privilege.
Let us strip away the veneer and be frank: the PPP/C is not a government of the people. It is an autocratic cabal, drunk on power and bloated with self-enrichment. They descend on villages like vultures, their well-oiled campaign machine—bankrolled by Guyana’s oil—spinning lies and staging photo-ops. T
They toss T-shirts and hollow promises, as if cheap trinkets can erase the stain of their failures. These are the same charlatans who tout GDP growth while delivering nothing but misery to the masses. The same hypocrites who crow about “development” while shackling Guyana to a cycle of dependency, cronyism, and despair.
The evidence is undeniable. Under PPP/C’s reign, Guyana endures:
- Daily blackouts in a nation swimming in oil wealth.
- A yawning chasm between the politically connected and the working poor.
- A relentless barrage of lies, distractions, and recycled promises.
- A cesspool of cronyism, nepotism, and betrayal of the Guyanese dream.
This regime’s incompetence is not a flaw; it is a feature. They excel at funneling sweetheart contracts to loyalists while failing to build resilient energy infrastructure. They parade economic statistics while ordinary citizens languish without power. They preach progress while plunging Guyana into a dark age of dysfunction.
To continue tolerating this travesty is to endorse:
- Blackouts as a way of life in an oil-rich nation.
- Grotesque inequality that elevates the elite and crushes the poor.
- A government that lies with impunity and governs with indifference.
- The death of the Guyanese dream under the weight of corruption.
Enough is enough. Guyana’s people must wield their vote—their fiercest democratic weapon—to reject this failed experiment in leadership. The PPP/C has shown its true face: a mask of greed, incompetence, and betrayal. We must say NO with unflinching resolve:
- NO to corruption that siphons our wealth.
- NO to incompetence that darkens our homes.
- NO to blackouts in a land of oil and promise.
- NO to a regime that serves only itself.
Guyana deserves better: a government that harnesses its oil wealth to light up every home, empower every business, and uplift every citizen. The path to that future begins at the ballot box, with a resounding rejection of the PPP/C’s reign of failure. Let us rise, in unity and strength, and demand the nation we deserve; one where power flows as freely as our oil, and where the people, not the elite, are the true beneficiaries of Guyana’s promise.
