Dear Editor,
At recent party press conferences General Secretary Clement Rohee has made it clear that the PPP does not believe Gecom is prepared to manage national and local government elections. He highlighted a number of claims which are at best accusations without evidence. Some included the padding of the preliminary voters list, others include Gecom’s relationship with the political opposition and Gecom’s ability to sanitize the preliminary list. Editor, these are all propaganda statements, directed towards delaying tactics to provide opportunities for the PPP to withhold its signature to the preliminary voters list, a list that all political parties must sign after verification.
Your readers should be made aware of the current tactics being employed by the PPP which indicate a number of things: (1) they are fully aware of negative public opinion about their tenure in government; (2) they are also fully aware that the 2011 general election results was an indictment of them, and that there is continued corruption and nepotism. There is also unwillingness to support fundamental changes to our constitution to ensure we have truly representative and participatory cabinet and government, a financially independent judiciary, a financially independent Parliament, a financially independent Public Procurement Commission, the full installation of IFMAS accounting and financial software and a complete overhaul of the Guyana Police Force. In other words the writing is on the wall for the PPP government and from all indications they are willing to do anything to hold on to power, even if it means putting 1500 new police on the road to further repress and provoke the citizenry.
I urge my fellow Guyanese to be vigilant and not get pulled into the PPP government’s trap. The change we seek starts with each of us individually.
Yours faithfully,
Mike Archer
