Dear Editor,
I think the President prorogued Parliament because his PPP/C government is in such a mess as a result of the numerous financial, political and social scandals, that he cannot face the electorate at this time. But all the President has done is delay the inevitable; the PPP will lose more seats in the next Parliament as soon as it presents itself to the people.
The PPP has a history of being extremely tardy and unyielding in political dialogue and that is why I commend the AFC for their consistent political position of “no talks until the constitutional mandate is satisfied by the PPP.” Only a novice or a politically unintelligent leader will run to the Office of the President to talk to such a disrespectful government. Do those who control the PPP and their step relatives in the PNC, think the people are politically unintelligent and are not aware of what is going on?
One only has to remember the Herdmanston Accord from 1998 and one will see that the PPP dilly dallied on its implement for years. Why does the APNU leadership think that in 2014, the PPP will be any different? But it is all a political dance as the PPP and the PNC continue this political tango. One only has to remind oneself that it was in October 2014 the APNU leadership found themselves in the Office of the President. To do what exactly?
Guyana has a political conflict and it can only be de-escalated if both sides do what they promised the people politically. Talks are a waste of time; political action is essential. The PPP’s failure to deliver should never be rewarded with talks but real political action. The most effective political tool an oppressed people has against a government like the PPP/C is street action or the ballot box. Let the people have the choice.
Guyana is very fortunate to have the determined and politically consistent AFC which again and again has forced the PPP hand in light of the mediocre politics coming out of Congress Place. In this era of prorogation of parliament, it is the AFC which has to take the leadership and become the torch bearer for the people.
In this era of political games between the PPP and APNU, I feel confident the majority of taxpaying voters will vote to turf Mr Ramotar and his PPP from office. But the Guyanese people have to be careful because exchanging the PPP for the APNU/PNC, based on their collective 50-year history of maladministration, is a sub-optimal option. We cannot replace a corrupt and incompetent PPP regime which operates as if the Treasury was bequeathed to them by their parents with a political party that has a history of crushing the institutions of democracy and has no respect for one man, one vote as Lord Avery told the world when he observed one of Guyana’s ‘elections’ under the PNC regime. It would be the gravest of political mistakes to continue this 50-year record.
It’s time for a new kind of politics. We all must feel assured that there are thousands of Guyanese with talent both in and out of Guyana along with most Western government who will support an AFC government with an agenda of unleashing the nation’s potential. Enough is enough! The political dinosaurs must go!
Yours faithfully,
Sase Singh
