The African Cultural and Development Association (ACDA) says that no elections should be held in Guyana without constitutional reform for shared governance and citizens should not waste their energy or be sidetracked by the debate on who should be the next presidential candidate.
ACDA declared in a press release that “whoever is selected should be totally committed to share governance as a fundamental requirement for peace in Guyana and be willing to fight for it.”
The release earlier referred to media reports that Opposition Leader and Leader of the PNCR Robert Corbin in his address to a recent General Council session of his party had stated that he will not be the presidential candidate for the 2011 general elections.
However, ACDA stated that in its view this is “a non-issue, since it has not changed the fundamentals of the political engagement that entraps the African-Guyanese community.” And the association said it would caution “all African-Guyanese not to be misled or be further betrayed by the idea that a combined opposition with a new ‘messiah leader’ will make Guyana better.”
According to ACDA, “this idea is a further trick to distract us and take our attention away from the present unequal distribution of the national patrimony.” The association also contended that “only constitutional reform leading to shared governance will bring justice to us, restore the rule of law, equality of opportunities and economic growth to all Guyanese.”
