PPP supporters voting out their party for one term and reinstating it in 2016 is a great option

Nov 12, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
A blogger, in response to my letter stating that the PPP needs a one-term timeout from its supporters, said that the rank and file PPP supporters are not sophisticated enough to do this (see “The PPP needs a one-term timeout”, SN, November 10, 2011). This man truly has no respect for the intelligence and integrity of rank and file PPP supporters.
It is not rocket science for PPP supporters to say “we’re voting out this current set of bad eggs ruining the PPP for one term and we’ll put them back into office in 2016.” That is easy to accomplish. For starters, the PNC is no longer a political threat, with one leg in the grave and the other in the coffin next to the grave.
I have run all the possible scenarios and the PNC cannot ever win power again. Further, PPP supporters have a viable party to put their votes for that one term in the AFC. PPP supporters can then return to their party in 2016 regardless of the kind of job the AFC does in the next five years. It is that simple. Voters do this in developed countries all the time to force reform in their parties.
Let me be clear here about one thing; Guyana will not change unless PPP supporters cause political change. The PPP supporters are the largest voting bloc and in their hands lies change for Guyana. V
oting out the present corrupt PPP cabal for one term will deliver change to the PPP. There has never been a greater opportunity for change like now. To be honest, PPP supporters have never had these many wonderful options to fix Guyana for everyone.
The PPP supporters looking to put their own corrupt and cuss-down leadership on a moratorium have never had it this good at any other time in Guyana’s history. They have a former PPP youth leader in Ramjattan leading the best candidate for a place to put their vote until 2016; the AFC. That party also has a PPP legend in Nagamootoo at the forefront along with other prominent former PPP-ites. These men and women, formerly of the PPP, will be running the AFC if it wins.
Given this reality, it is a given that other decent leaders within the PPP will be inclined to work with the AFC during those 5 years.
An alliance between a non-corrupt PPP and an AFC with the likes of Nagamootoo is a positive development for Guyana and for PPP supporters.
There are a few good people left in the PPP. However, they are being bullied and oppressed by tyrants within the party. They will have a chance to run for leadership of the party.
A PPP timeout from power for one electoral term will likely cause the death of the PNC, unless it radically reforms itself. The days of simplistic calls to not split the vote are fast disappearing, as voters seek change and options to change that do not overwhelm them.
There are many young voters who are looking for workable solutions. Putting the PPP out to pasture for one term is a good option for disgusted and fed-up PPP voters looking to send a message to these charlatans who went so far as to refuse them a general congress where they would have exercised their democratic right to vote.
Now, there is a foolish and devious argument the PPP propaganda machinery has raised that the AFC will merge with APNU/PNC. That is not just hogwash, it is hog’s mouthwash. There is no way an AFC with Ramjattan, Nagamootoo, Bisessar and other former PPP men of the trenches will ever merge with the PNC. It is why the AFC has stated that it will not form an alliance with the PNC.
PPP voters have a great opportunity to retake their party by putting the power drunk who have hijacked the party out to pasture. With the new leadership in place and the good people running the PPP, the supporters can put the party back into power in 2016.
Hey, don’t tell those guys in the AFC, but you PPP supporters can use them to get and win back your party from the crooks, the corrupt, the power drunk and the egomaniacs. Then you can kick them out in 2016 when a new PPP is reborn and ready to lead again.
M. Maxwell

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