Opinion

Dear Editor, The political incident at Congress Place on July 27 has caused us to reflect on this question: What are the nation’s shared values?

And so begins the long overdue cleaning of the city, which has been ignored for years and has been left to become a rotten disgrace.

Dear Editor, We are in the middle of some major problems where our education is concerned.

Dear Editor,   I note in the media that there is a lot of speculation that I will resign from the PNCR.

Dear Editor,   The recent stabbing to death of two young transgender persons on the streets of Georgetown has raised several important issues which I think all Guyanese should be concerned about.

Dear Editor,   The open dissatisfaction by numerous PNCR members, relative to the election of a PNCR leader, could result in that party daubing or staining itself with its own brush.

Dear Editor,   A recent US Supreme Court ruling will have an impact on children of Guyanese and other immigrants who have been waiting for their green cards and have aged out (attained the age of 21) changing their eligibility status for a green card.

Dear Editor, It would be an apt starting point to a public letter to say that in the context of the concept ‘collective responsibility’ with regard to being a member of a national political party, I wish to apologize from the bottom of my heart to the nation and any member of my party, whom I or any other member, may have hurt or disappointed during the 18th Biennial Congress.

Dear Editor,   To the best of my knowledge, via a circular to schools from Ms Genevieve Whyte-Nedd, then acting Chief Education Officer, the Interactive Radio Instruction Programme was identified as the source for the mathematics curriculum for Grades 1-3.

Dear Editor,   Freedom of the press still allows Mr M Maxwell as if in contempt, to easily toss federalism over his shoulder.

Dear Editor,   In his letter captioned ‘A real leader of any true opposition would have stepped up to the crease and batted for everyone” (SN, July 29) Mr Emile Mervin seems to be advocating a more confrontational militant approach to politics in Guyana as he sits in New York.

The announcement by former Prime Minister and Barbados Labour Party leader Owen Arthur, that he would be leaving the party which he had led from 1994 to 2013, cannot have been wholly unexpected by the Barbadian public.

Dear Editor, It is more than one shot fired in the air.

Dear Editor,   Please permit me to thank Esther Robinson for the letter published in Stabroek News dated July 26, 2014.

Dear Editor, In your news article, ‘Riehl says Granger “too aloof,”’ (July 28), former Deputy House Speaker and PNCR executive, Clarissa Riehl is reported as describing Mr David Granger as “an aloof leader who stands aside” when he should be more involved in the management of the party.

Dear Editor, The whole sordid affair that took place over the weekend at the PNC Congress serves as a reminder that our political leaders are failing the people and are afraid to embrace the tenets of what true democracy is all about.

Dear Editor, The bitter and angry outcries that rang out at the PNC Congress over the weekend have once again driven the final nail into the PNCR chances of defeating the PPP and forming the next government.