47th Independence Anniversary messages

May 26, 2013 News

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PPP: Guyana is leading the way in the world

The People’s Progressive Party extends best wishes to all Guyanese on the occasion of Guyana’s 47th Anniversary of Independence.
Independence was the ultimate conclusion of the struggles of slaves and indentured laborers for freedom.
At the very beginning of the People’s Progressive Party, we had placed as one of our important objective, the winning of Independence and May 26, 1966 saw us achieving this milestone. At the early stage of our Independence, Guyana had fallen into an undemocratic state due to massive fraud at elections. That action undermined the freedom which generations of our people fought and sacrificed for.
The PPP, under the leadership of Cheddi Jagan, waged an uncompromising struggle to re-establish the basic democratic rights to our people. The PPP always felt that social and economic progress would not be possible without political democracy. The Party was proved right.
Since returning to office in October 1992, the PPP/Civic Government has transformed Guyana. Even in the face of one of the world’s most serious financial and economic crises, Guyana’s economy has demonstrated resilience and has been constantly growing. Our physical and social infrastructures have been restored. Our students are excelling at school and at work.
Today, as we take time to celebrate, we must not lose focus on the many challenges ahead. Now, however, we are more united and better equipped to deal with the challenges we know are ahead. We are confident that a free and democratic Guyana will achieve greater heights in the period ahead.
Once more, the PPP embraces all the people of Guyana and extends best wishes for a peaceful and prosperous Guyana.
Long live Guyana!

AFC: Time to join the struggle for true, meaningful independence

The Alliance For Change extends congratulations to all Guyanese at home and abroad on the occasion of Guyana’s 47th Independence Anniversary.
In the annals of our history, May 26, 1966 will always be remembered as a day of great accomplishment in Guyana. With unparalleled fortitude and of singular purpose our leaders spread the message of a ‘Free Guyana’ throughout our country and inspired our people with a dream.
Forty-seven years on, we must reflect on the values and principles which were in the minds and hearts of those who fought and sacrificed for our freedom. The legacy the Founding Fathers left for us was for Guyana to become the bread basket of the Caribbean and a beacon of hope and prosperity for the region. On this 47th birthday of ours, it must be the pledge of those of us who now have the mantle to lead, to also pledge to push forward the frontiers of what the Founding Fathers started.
As the inheritors of a great dream, it is our duty to bring to fruition the realization of true independence where political freedom prevails and peace is as a result of justice.
This year, let us join the struggle for true and meaningful independence.

PNCR: Time for soul-searching and all stakeholders to play a role

On this 47th Anniversary of political independence of our Republic, the People’s National Congress Reform extends congratulations to all Guyanese, whether in Guyana or in the Diaspora.
A necessary requirement for a healthy functioning democracy is that the Executive must be accountable to the Guyanese people through their representatives in the Legislative branch of the National Assembly. By their votes on 28th November 2011, the people of Guyana indicated that they want to experience a new democratic culture where governance is less confrontational and more cooperative. However, the Executive has shown little enthusiasm to move in this direction and continue to behave as though they still have the majority in the National Assembly. They have shown no disposition to compromise in the interest of arriving at policies and programmes which have the broadest agreement among stakeholders.
Our Party is of the view that the observance of Guyana’s independence should be the occasion for soul searching and pondering on whether we have been successful in ‘Nation Building’.
The PNCR is confident that if we can build a truly, inclusive political culture in which all stakeholders are allowed to play a meaningful role, facilitated by an enabling environment for the orderly development of the nation, we can look forward to a future that is politically successful, economically self-sustaining and culturally enriching.
Therefore, our Party pledges to work with all responsible and reliable forces whose aim is to forge a ‘National Consensus’, which can facilitate the resolution of the many known problems which continue to bedevil Guyana and stultify our development.
On the occasion of the 47th Anniversary of our political Independence, the PNCR embrace and extend our best wishes to all the people of this our Dear Land.

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