{"id":15257,"date":"2024-01-06T23:23:50","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T23:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15257"},"modified":"2024-01-06T23:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T23:23:52","slug":"vice-president-jagdeo-refutes-claims-of-nepotism-by-opposition-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/vice-president-jagdeo-refutes-claims-of-nepotism-by-opposition-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Vice President Jagdeo Refutes Claims of Nepotism by Opposition Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has dismissed accusations of nepotism and favoritism leveled against the PPP\/C government by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Responding to Norton&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s message, where he accused the government of benefiting friends and families, Vice President Jagdeo stated that a factual examination would reveal that the only party guilty of such practices was the PNC-led APNU.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a media conference, Vice President Jagdeo refuted Norton&#8217;s claims, labeling them as filled with lies, half-truths, and divisiveness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to list various programs and compared the majority beneficiaries under the APNU\/AFC government to those under the PPP\/C administration, including healthcare, land allocation, and the SLED program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vice President Jagdeo asserted that the APNU government failed to meet the expectations of ordinary Guyanese, including its own supporters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that the PPP\/C government aims to govern for all citizens, dispelling claims of favoritism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing allegations of misusing oil resources, Vice President Jagdeo highlighted that over 350,000 Guyanese have directly benefited from the country&#8217;s oil resources. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He concluded by challenging the opposition&#8217;s narrative, emphasizing the government&#8217;s commitment to inclusive and equitable development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has dismissed accusations of nepotism and favoritism leveled against the PPP\/C government by Opposition Leader Aubrey Norton. Responding to Norton&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s message, where he&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,367,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-one-guyana","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15257"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15260,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15257\/revisions\/15260"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}