Just sit down and talk to each other

Dear Editor,

Roman Catholic Bishop, Francis Alleyne clearly stated that “Our leaders would do well to acknowledge the extent to which the people, our youth particularly, have lost confidence in the broader political process, and to grasp the opportunity now presented to reshape Guyana’s future.”

Then the Bishop went on to say “I applaud the maturity of the utterances of our political leaders, the President, Prime Minister and the Leader of the Opposition in particular, for respecting the outcome of the no confidence motion and for signaling their intent to engage each other.”

Not even 24 hours after the Roman Catholic Church issued this statement and after accepting their loss at the No Confidence Motion and their commitment to the following of the Constitution, the person who is now de facto Prime Minister led their side of the house on a flip-flopping escapade and rejected their original positions. What kind of infantilism is this? What they ended up doing was to illustrate to the entire world how politically immature they are by inserting all sorts of innuendos, irrational mathematical derivatives, and insinuations.  The positions of the APNU+AFC Team since December 21, 2018 has mostly been devoid of common sense and respect for the letter and spirit of the Guyana Constitution.

My dear Guyanese youths, it is men like these who we must increasingly ignore and avoid because none of them will be around when you will still be saddled with the debt that they have incurred in the last 3 years. 

The Moses I knew was a man who spoke of his 50 years of struggle for the working class but I do not know this Moses today who has lost all of his credibility.

I wish the Bishop’s dreams can be fulfilled where all sides sit down and talk and do the right thing by going to the people and asking them for a mandate.  As the Bishop said, “The fruits of such engagements will augur well for our future and national ability to offer a unified face to the world.”  Might I add, especially now that the world is looking at us closely.

Guyana at this moment is more important than our individual egos. So just sit down and talk to each other.  Let us allow our humanity to show instead of our ego and our personal vested financial interests.

Yours faithfully,

 Sasenarine Singh

Maryland, USA