Corbin lacks the drive and sagacity to first contain, and then defeat the PPP regime

Aug 14, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
By now the resentment towards Mr. Corbin has reached an all time high. Frustration and disgust have been voiced and ventilated. I think that this 16th Biennial Congress is one of the most crucial; so I will also join the thousands calling for Mr. Corbin to go.
On 1st August 2009 we celebrated our 171st anniversary of emancipation from slavery. What is frightening is that Corbin’s ineffectiveness has allowed this present regime to push us back almost to the gates of slavery.
In July-August 2003, while passing through the Washington-Maryland area in the USA, a group of concerned party members and supporters approached me to discuss Mr. Corbin.
Their concerns were that Mr. Corbin seemed unwilling to work with others to formulate an effective strategy to deal with the government excesses. Secondly, there were numerous excuses as to why there was not a party manifesto.
Thirdly, he had issues with transparency and accountability. They then suggested that we should prepare a document to confront Mr. Corbin. I disagreed, so the debate raged for two hours.
I stated that the new leader needed more time, at least one year. After three years I concluded that Mr. Corbin lacked leadership skills required to rebuild and expand the party.
Mr. Corbin’s overall behaviour is that of a person who seems to have resigned himself to being the permanent Opposition Leader. Corbin lacks the drive and sagacity to first contain, and then defeat the PPP regime.
No other opposition party in this part of the world has given a government more chances than Mr. Corbin has given the PPP.
The PPP has been plagued by scandal after scandal, Visa racket, drug racket, fuel racket, phantom squad and extra judicial killings, the Benschop issue, the Hinckson issue and on and on.
Corbin could take no advantage of the catalogue of crimes. In cricket a game becomes boring when bad batting is made to look good by worse fielding.
While Mr. Corbin becomes energized and aggressive in destroying any challenge to his leadership; the same man becomes comatose when dealing with this corrupt government. This is precisely the reason why so many people believe that Mr. Corbin is compromised to the point that he cannot step beyond a certain line.
As I listen to some of Mr. Corbin’s supporters, I remember even Adolph Hitler had loyal supporters even to the very end.
What the supporters seem unwilling to tell the leader is that even though they love him he should go.
The party’s rank and file are totally disgusted and will in a national election either not vote at all or they would vote AFC.
The worse possible act that the delegates could commit is to allow a continuation of the same old policies and strategies as employed by Mr. Corbin. This government has trampled on the human rights and dignity of the Guyanese people and Mr. Corbin allowed it.
I am reminded of an old song by Roy C “A man can get no further than a woman let him”. This government has gotten away with numerous crimes because an ineffective Mr. Corbin has let them.
Aubrey Retemeyer

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