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This decision is a convenience to retain power among the major parties

Aug 16, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
With the Guyana Government and the Opposition’s recent agreement on Local Government Regulations reform, the way has now be cleared for the holding of local government elections in Guyana after an extensive period. What does this mean for Guyana? It means that citizens of Municipalities will have an opportunity to elect locals into position of City Councillors. In most democratic societies this is a consistent and regulatory process. Unfortunately, Guyana is not like most democratic societies, an encumbrance that has been stifling our growth and development for more than two decades. It is the view of the Independent Party that local Government Elections and representation are bedrock foundations of real democracy. People elected locally to represent their communities are more connected to those communities, have a greater understanding of those communities, and are better equipped to handle the interest of their communities. In this context the Independent Party welcomes the return of this fundamental democratic process to the politics of Guyana. With that being said, it is the view of the Independent Party that the decision to reject the proposal of direct election of the Mayor, who is the de facto head of City Government, amounts to a convenience to retain power among the major parties, and isolate voices that are striving to end the politics of opportunism and nepotism. Nonetheless, the Independent Party will be going directly to the people with its platform and message, providing them with an alternative vision for the municipalities around Guyana, and a relief from the mean politics of division and victimization that has been hovering over their existence for decades.
Mark A. Benschop

 

 

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