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There is need for some political sacrifice

Dec 02, 2011 Letters

 

 

Dear  Sir,
This letter was written to bring to light what is on quite a few Guyanese minds, but is not getting a lot of traction by the main political parties nor the media. To wit: Guyanese are motivated to vote by two main reasons; Race and Religion.  African-Guyanese vote for the party which espouses Christianity, with an African-Guyanese leader, and Indian-Guyanese vote for a party which espouses Hinduism, with an Indian-Guyanese leader who is Hindu. Is there anything wrong with those reasons? DEFINITELY NOT.
It would be naive and absurd for any reasonably person to think otherwise. Why shouldn’t they?
Without getting into the myriad of reasons, I would like to say that electoral results have clearly shown the growing divide between these two monolithic ethnic groups in Guyana. A government led by one ethnic leadership has, and will not lead to constructive progress in Guyana, and quite possibly, could lead to the type of destructive confrontations that we have witnessed in other countries, that had to deal with similar political/ethnic systems.
I have been advocating Shared Governance between the PNC and the PPP as a major start to finding a solution to this problem, for the last six years. Shared governance does not require a constitutional change, just the willingness of the two main political parties to make some sacrifices, maybe for a ten-year span, in the best interest of our Motherland.
If this proposal finds traction with you, I would gladly volunteer my time and efforts towards this end.
The fact that Georgetown could come to a virtual standstill, and become a ‘ghost town’, because a few exuberant youths, who by the way, were exercising their democratic rights of assembly, since there is no state of emergency in effect, certainly lends itself to the grave seriousness of  prevailing conditions in Guyana.
Congratulations to a political battle well fought in the general elections.
Albert R. Cumberbatch,
Ph. D.

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