Dear Editor,
As I sit and read Leon J. Suseran’s letter ‘Mid-term crisis’ (SN, August 1), all I can say is there is no hope for Guyana. How can anyone say “only the PPP can run this country – no other party”? Is running Guyana the PPP’s birthright? It is this attitude and foolish perception which continues to have Guyana in this abysmal state and thus provide little or no opportunities for the advancement of its people, especially its young people.
My question to Mr Suseran is what criteria will be used to determine who can and cannot govern Guyana? At this point I think anyone with commonsense may do a better job. How can they do worse? The PPP seems to have no smarts in attracting substantial investment.
The PPP seems to have no smarts in ensuring it keeps its shares in GT&T –by the way, I see no sense in wanting to sell to GT&T giving it a100% stake in the company if the claim is liberalization of the telecommunications sector. The PPP seems to have no smarts in ensuring its people and terrritory are respected by other Caribbean territories. Even Suriname had the smarts and temerity to run CGX out from Guyana territory. So the PPP seems to have no smarts in what it takes to run a country.
In any mature democratic country the PPP would not be in power.
Even in Barbados where Owen Arthur would have thought he could have gotten another term, he was booted. Jamaica’s Portia Simpson would have probably expected to do well after taking over from PJ Patterson, but no luck.
So, the only reason Mr Suseran can claim that only the PPP can run this country is because just like the PPP, he expects that the voting pattern in Guyana will continue and thus they will have their birthright.
Yours faithfully,
Nik Alleyne
