{"id":22876,"date":"2024-09-10T19:58:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:58:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=22876"},"modified":"2024-09-10T19:58:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T19:58:28","slug":"jagdeo-oppositions-efforts-to-distract-guyanese-will-not-succeed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/jagdeo-oppositions-efforts-to-distract-guyanese-will-not-succeed\/","title":{"rendered":"Jagdeo: Opposition&#8217;s Efforts to Distract Guyanese Will Not Succeed"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>PPP General Secretary Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has criticized the opposition for attempting to divert attention from the significant progress made by the government since it returned to power in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a press conference, Jagdeo emphasized that these tactics would ultimately fail, as the government&#8217;s focus on improving public infrastructure, healthcare, and education continues to benefit all Guyanese.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He noted that certain media outlets have contributed to the distraction by promoting unverified reports, rather than focusing on the substantial changes happening across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jagdeo highlighted the government\u2019s achievements, particularly in job creation and the expansion of postsecondary education opportunities, stating that &#8220;60,000 people are now working,&#8221; compared to the previous administration&#8217;s performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He urged Guyanese to focus on these tangible improvements rather than being misled by &#8220;scandals and rumours.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The General Secretary also reiterated the government&#8217;s dedication to transparency and accountability, especially in reforming the procurement system and preventing public servants from using their positions for personal gain.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PPP General Secretary Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo has criticized the opposition for attempting to divert attention from the significant progress made by the government since it returned to power in 2020.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":22880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22876","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=22876"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22881,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22876\/revisions\/22881"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}