Social commentator GHK Lall has delivered a blistering assessment of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) administration’s performance during the first half of 2026, arguing that Guyana’s unprecedented oil wealth has failed to improve the lives of ordinary citizens while fostering widening inequality, unchecked government spending and weakening democratic institutions.

In the second installment of his 2026 Midyear Report, published by Village Voice News, Lall contends that the country’s economic success is increasingly at odds with the daily realities confronting many Guyanese.

His commentary comes as Guyana continues to reap billions of US dollars from offshore oil production. Since first oil in December 2019, the country has earned more than US$8 billion in petroleum revenues while recording amongst the world’s fastest economies.