The current struggle
In 22 days, the current struggle for political leadership in Guyana will be over and the preference of Guyanese as to who must lead them would be known. The competition is primarily between the two major political groups of the ruling PPP/C and the opposition coalition of the APNU+AFC. It is often said that the electorate in Guyana is an unsophisticated one because the choice of leader is often submerged in banality and void of any serious thought about the type of society Guyanese want to live in. This writer disagrees that the common yardstick with which to predict the likely outcome of the upcoming elections should be the race factor.
To do otherwise is to succumb to the view that Guyanese do not care about each other and that the younger generation, the larger voting group, has gained nothing from its education and has been failed by its elders and leaders. The energy being displayed by young Guyanese in the campaigns supports the view that a thinking population and not a mindless one would be heading to the polls on May 11, 2015.
Amidst the clutter of advertisements (ads) and counterclaims about patriotism, there are two philosophical perspectives before the electorate. They offer distinctions as to what will constitute the foundation of economic and social action of the new government. From its Billboards and various ads, the PPP/C has chosen the path of the status quo with the expression of a “strong, stable and secure Guyana”. This means that, if reelected, it would continue to do the same things that it has done in the
