A Joint Govt. arrangement is almost impossible

Mar 01, 2014 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
The events of the last two years have shown clearly that a Joint Government arrangement between the PPP/C, APNU and AFC is almost impossible.
The most glaring is the situation with the AML Bill in the Parliament.
The bill, as the President explained, came out of an international process. It had the assurance from the CFATF officials that it was compliant. This bill should have never been sent to a select committee. In any other country it would have been passed immediately and be more like a formality.
Look at the behaviour of the Government and the Opposition in Belize. The Opposition supported the Government unhesitatingly to avoid damaging the welfare of its people.
The Opposition in Guyana demanded that the bill be sent to a special select committee for them to put forward amendments. For almost a year they did no such thing.
At the very end when it was close to the deadline they introduced amendments to the principal act, which was not the subject of any issue.
The CFATF assessor pointed out that the amendments run the danger of making what is now compliant become non-compliant.
Despite all of this, the Opposition entities keep insisting on their amendments knowing fully that they are exposing the country to danger and at the same time putting the well being of Guyanese in danger.
Added to that, worse than Shylock of Shakespeare’s fame, they continue to demand their pound of “flesh.” They want the government to give them the unconstitutional bills and other measures.
This is a major change by APNU which is on record as saying that it was not tying the passage of the bill to anything. It was not supporting the AFC which was calling to establish the Public Procurement Commission as a condition for supporting the bill.
Now the AFC has changed, it is now supporting APNU’s demands together with its own. APNU has also changed its position and is supporting the AFC’s call also.
What is motivating those parties?
Clearly the ideologies of the three parties are very far apart. The PPP and PPP/C Government continue to plug for national unity, APNU has held on to its historically prejudiced line and the AFC is primarily motivated by vengeance and hate.
A government comprising these parties would be a real disaster for Guyana. It will be incapable of getting anything done.
Rebecca Constance

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