Latest update June 20th, 2026 1:58 AM
Latest News
- Lindsayca routing US-millions for foreign workers through payment firm, allegedly dodging tax and labour laws
- Exxon refuses to tell Guyanese cost of Ogle HQ being paid for with country’s oil
- Citizens Bank opens new branch in Bartica
- Israel kills ‘a child a day’ on average in Gaza despite ceasefire, UN says
- President Ali unveils bold plan to hand Guyanese greater stake in mining industry
Let there be general elections quickly
DEAR EDITOR,
I read with some measurement of amusement Dr. Luncheon and the President’s responses to the ultimatum given by the Opposition Leader for the holding of Local Government Elections. Both of them wanted to know what was behind the Opposition Leader’s move. Both were questioning his motive for making such a demand.
For those who often claim to have brought back democracy to Guyana, their queries would have been laughable had it not been such a serious matter. Those of us who have been following them in Government would not have been surprised in the least at their responses.
It all began in 1992 when this group “who believed so much in democracy” refused to repeal the 1980 Constitution even though they had canvassed the population of Guyana and the world before and during the electioneering period. Once they got into power, the Constitution was no longer bad, as they had told the world for a number of years. Then it was the best Constitution in the world, and they embraced it then and continue to embrace it now.
What could have been so mysterious about the Opposition Leader’s call for them to honour the constitutional provisions regarding the holding of Local Government Elections? What could have been so mysterious about the Opposition Leader calling on them to honour the commitment given in their own manifesto for the general elections of 2011 to call Local Government Elections shortly after assuming Governmental power?
That they feigned ignorance did not surprise anyone. A group of persons who refused to acknowledge that President Burnham ever existed, while sitting in the office he built, using the presidential emblem and coat of arms he put in place, observing the national anthem he put in place, reciting the national pledge he put in place, honouring the flag he crafted and put in place, even sitting in the presidential chair he crafted and put in place.
A group of persons prepared to use the judiciary Burnham installed to satisfy their own ends, and to selectively use the Constitution he put in place. These are men and women who are devoid of any sense of decency.
The refusal to hold Local Government Elections, the constant unwarranted attacks on the credibility of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) and even the refusal to release the ethnic breakdown of a census that was conducted since 2012, all point to the Government searching for an opportunity not to go to elections at all. I hope the opposition will not give them the slightest excuse to postpone all elections indefinitely.
Before I conclude, let me say something about the four most senior leaders of the PPP in the public eyes from day to day. Do they listen to themselves when they make their utterances? Over the years they have talked so much nonsense that they are now regarded as figures of mirth. Every time they open their mouths people marvel at what they put forth. It would have been funny had it not been for the fact that these persons have their fingers on the levers of power in this country. Let there be general elections quickly and have us rid ourselves of these disingenuous people.
Lance McCaskey
Share this:
Discover more from Kaieteur News
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.