Dear Editor,
I have read and listened to numerous statements from political leaders that their respective party is not racially inclined, and on a previous occasion I did write that if that is true then how come there has never been an African person as leader of the PPP or an Indian person as leader of the PNC.
Politicians have to learn that it is not a harmful to admit to certain shortcomings; honesty will hover around them. Let us look at the recent visit to Buxton by President Bharrat Jagdeo. As President of Guyana he has a right to go anywhere he pleases in his own country, and those were the words he used when he referred to what some people said about his visit.
Then there are others who thought it was good that the President visited Buxton. But can the President say with any sincerity that his visit was not politically motivated? He is a smart person and so he will realize that he cannot fool the people of Buxton. Why visit Buxton now after having been in power for twelve years? The election is next year and so his visit has to be this timely.
President Jagdeo needs to know that even a computer in every home in Buxton will not give his party any more votes from there than it would have done if he had not gone to the village. By doing what he is doing for Buxton now, it is obvious that he is hustling the people because the PPP/C is desperate for support.
A lot can happen from now to the election date if the people across this beautiful country can see themselves as Guyanese instead of being Africans or Indians or Amerindians.
Yours faithfully,
Charrandass Persaud
