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Let us dispel the youth apathy myth

Nov 27, 2011 Letters

 

 

Dear Editor,
On Monday the 28th of November, Guyana goes to the polls to elect a government to guide the country through the next four years. Popular opinion holds that youth are apathetic about politics.
My friends, former school-mates, facebook buddies, young people of Guyana, I ask you to get out there and soundly dispel this myth. I agree that in recent decades, many youth have felt alienated and disengaged from the political conversation.
I do know however from my experience living and working in Guyana, and from the vibrant discussions with my peers, mostly via social networks, that many of us are deeply passionate about our nation.  It is time we step up and take control of our present so that we could help to chart the course of the country that we will inherit.
This is the first national election in my country of birth in which I would have been eligible to vote. However, like many of my peers, I am away at a foreign university. This does not in any way diminish my excitement and interest. I urge my fellow Guyanese youth to get out there and exercise your right (and privilege) to play a role in the future of our country.
Your vote is a statement about who you are and what matters to you. You want a better education system, jobs, a stronger economy? Get out there on Monday and play a part in the process of making this happen.
Around the world, from the United States to Egypt to Tunisia, it is the youth that are rising up and seizing an active role in shaping political outcomes. It is our turn to stand up and be counted for our principles.
One vote may seem minimal and unlikely to decide the outcome of an election, but it symbolizes patriotism, engagement and empowerment. It is how we assert our opinions; it is how we communicate with power; it is how we create our future.
Iman A. Khan

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