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Government Has Come Full Circle with a Problem Created by Themselves
Dear Editor,
As Parliament re-engages this week; it will be hard-pressed with three or four issues which will all command attention. I shall myself focus on two issues only, which are paramount to moving us off from the current ‘stalemate’.
After holding Guyana and the electorate ransom for close to two decades on the holding of local government elections, Government is now forced to come full circle and deal with a problem created by themselves. It is such a simple matter which requires the President’s assent, and presto, end of matter. Guyanese, being recalcitrant in their political affairs, and having suffered immensely as a consequence, have been, and are now forced to, engage in a showdown with the Government through protests over such a simple democratic liberty.
Led by APNU leader, Brigadier David Granger, a grandfather and elder of society by any estimate, the protests have made their point effectively, albeit quietly. We all watched the APNU leader in the sun taking heat, knowing the stress and pressure of such an ordeal, that he, almost single-handedly, is telling the Government: “This is the end of the line, Mr. President. Let us have our Local Government Elections.”
The Private Sector expressed their just concerns reference the protests. They cannot deny that there is little if anything for them to complain about. The case for LGE has been made.
Volumes have already been written about the need and importance of LGEs, all or which I fully support here. The Government of the PPP must now know that the game is up, and all it has to, and should do, is grant permission to hold these elections, immediately. According to GECOM, it is ready at the instance upon being informed to expedite the necessary arrangements for holding the LGEs. So all the foot-dragging and SMHs are now a thing of the past and we look forward to our LGEs.
Immediately upon opening, Parliament is expected to pass the No Confidence motion, which will lead to the dissolution of Government within three months and the holding of a national election to address the numerous issues which have been unsatisfactorily addressed between the Opposition and Government. No amount of foot-dragging will stop the inevitable holding of such an election. One year has almost already passed without the necessary supervision and oversight of government spending, not to mention all the other numerous issues to be addressed by Parliament.
Government cannot deny that it has been in Office for twenty-two plus years now, and it has to accept the decision of the electorate on these burning national issues. It has done its best, and has to stake its reputation on the line.
Guyana looks forward to a smooth and peaceful passage of both these critical aspects of our democracy (the LGE first), absent of interferences that would take us on a path we prefer not to go, by our own experience, as well as by that of other nations overwhelmed by miscarriages of injustices by autocratic and dictatorial rule.
His Excellency, the President, Mr. Donald Ramotar, must now act in the best interests of the People.
Craig Sylvester
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