Dear Editor,

I wish to applaud the editorial entitled ‘Our public discourse,’ with particular reference to your comment or emphasis on Dr Ramcharan’s quest for “independent public policy reflections.” You have touched the nerve for the inclusion of a recognized national forum to embrace not only the intellectual but also all interested parties drawn from the society.

Too often we tend to communicate to one sector of our society forgetting that the ordinary man can indeed make a contribution. Any peace-loving citizen who supports or agrees with Dr Roopnaraine’s address at the recent Queen’s College reunion where he called for us “to embrace reconciliation and aspire to a higher humanity” should not be left out of this or future debates.

It is the ordinary man or woman whose vote determines which political party goes into power at election time, and not that of the intellectual and business man/woman who are in the minority.

Yours faithfully,
(Name and address provided)