Dear Editor,
No right minded Guyanese believes the rubbish that emanated from the mouth of President Ramotar in which he claimed that the combined opposition manipulated the election results. This is a poor attempt at propaganda, mixing lies with a little factual information in order to have people believe the entire fictitious story.
What he and the other architects of this most blatant piece of propaganda fail to understand is that the majority of Guyanese have become very familiar with their modus operandi of misrepresentations, narratives of victimization and opposition violence, and naked obsession with absolute control. Mr Ramotar’s utterances may have held sway 20, 30, 40 or even 10 years ago, but in this information age and era of the 18-35 year olds in Guyana, it will not work. Every single Guyanese I spoke with opined that Mr Ramotar’s statements are inaccurate. One way to discern this is to simply study the pronouncements made by the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) soon after the final numbers were declared and published as official by the Guyana Elections Commission (Gecom); there was satisfaction with the management of the management of the election process by Gecom and their congratulatory acceptance of the results.
Another way is to ask yourself, why only now is he making these statements and what violence is he referring to if even international observes concluded that or elections were largely free? In fact the only incidents of violence reported stemmed from violent acts that are before the local courts allegedly committed by members of the 2006-2011 PPP/C administration. These charges were investigated by the police and taken before the courts. You can also look at it from the perspective that the PPP is basically telling all Guyanese that it feels it has a monopoly on the governance of this country and knows better than the general public what the general public desires for itself. Absolute hogwash and disrespectful to hardworking Guyanese who expressed their right to vote for a governing structure that more reflects our desires to end all the violence, corruption, drug-trafficking and discrimination we have been subjected to.
What the President doesn’t realize is that there is a paradigmatic shift in the thinking of the average Guyanese when it comes to politics and governance.
The PPP’s old narratives of racially instigated violence and their thirst for absolute control of the Guyanese society to the detriment of certain groups are old and lack any creativity. These statements are not taken seriously and have become like rubbish in the dustbin.
Guyanese no longer wish for this hogwash, rather the public thirst is for a society in which we collectively determine our destiny, not a few persons sitting in the office of the party headquarters. We are much more intelligent, travelled and desirous of a more tranquil and balanced society. The PPP under President Ramotar thus far, have effectively shot themselves in the mouth and will have a hard time demonstrating their unbiased commitment to a unified and fair society for all Guyanese. So much for Mr Ramotar’s claims of being a president for all. Such a pity when the President has an opportunity, never before presented to any government in Guyana to get things right for us.
Yours faithfully,
M Archer
