A signal political maturity prevails

May 31, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
Last Saturday (28-05-11) the JOPP reached an agreement, and it was announced that these parties would contest this year’s election as a grand coalition. To me this was a signal that political maturity had prevailed and the participants had finally shown a willingness to place country above political aggrandizement.
However, before the ink was dry on this historic agreement, one of the more prolific letter writers Mr. Harry Gill was touting his marketing and advertising expertise, and proclaiming to all who read his letter that the PNCR/JOPP had no chance of winning the upcoming election
Since the death of Forbes Burnham the PNC has been a party in transition. The Hoyte years saw the beginning of a trend towards privatization and economic recovery, and a general outreach was made to the Indo-Guyanese community and was so successful that the party leader was nicked named Desmond Persaud.
After Hoyte we saw the end of the maximum leader, as the party struggled publicly to become a true democratic entity.
The insurgencies that erupted over leadership and the direction of the party were all signs of a political movement in transition. This was a party that had grown up and was changing to meet the challenges of a new time and shifting demographics.
The party’s selection process which ended with a special congress to elect its presidential candidate in a free and fair process was further proof that this was not our grandfather’s PNC.
Finally the PNC joining forces and entering an election for the first time since its conception, as something other than the Peoples National Congress shows that this party is not just a repackaged product, but indeed a new and improved product.
The PNC continues to evolve and until his untimely death Mr. Winston Murray a Guyanese of Indian heritage was the front-runner for the party’s presidential nomination.
The party’s chairman Mr. Cammie Ramsroop is Indo-Guyanese and the diversity of the central executive committee reflects the racial makeup of the country. It is sad Mr. Editor that naysayers like Mr. Gill refuse to seriously debate policy issues, but are instead content to slander David Granger and engage in personality politics, espousing PPP propaganda and empty platitudes that seek to divide rather than inspire.
The youth of the nation will judge the PPP not on untruths and lies, peddled by political hacks and charlatans, but through the lens of their life experiences over the last 20 years.
Mark Archer

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