Every so often there is the demand for the establishment of a truth and reconciliation commission (TRC), a transitional justice-type organisation, to help quell the ethnic divisions in Guyana. Transitional justice is an approach for dealing with societies that are attempting to move away from armed conflict and authoritarian rule, come to terms with their history of abuse and create a justice system that will ensure accountability and prevent future atrocities from occurring. TRCs became popular following its use in post-apartheid South Africa and because, while it is a very complicated process, it fits into the universal narrative that we should all be able to sit down, discourse and find solutions to our problems. Of course, if human conflicts were so easily resolved, there would not have been wars and the apartheid system itself.
