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APNU will remove all impediments to national unity – Harmon
APNU General Secretary, Joseph Harmon
Reinforcing A Partnership for National Unity’s (APNU) commitment to national unity was the coalition’s General Secretary, Joseph Harmon yesterday in the studio of CNS Channel Six.
On the televised programme, Harmon told media operatives that APNU wants to renew its resolve to continue its work to achieve national unity in Guyana. He said that his party believes that a government of national unity is the first step in realizing the vision of an inclusive, just and equitable society.
Harmon asserted that the economic, social and psychological benefits will be numerous and such a government will enable the Guyanese society to attain its full potential. The General Secretary posited that it will unleash a drive for all Guyanese and release the energies of investors, both local and foreign, and even the skilled and unskilled labour force.
The lawyer said that the APNU has never ceased to pursue the ideal of national unity but has only sought to avoid superficial solutions which do not involve the masses of the people and which do not resolve the deep seated prejudices which impede national unity.
He said that the partnership is guided by the sage warning that an understanding or compromise between leaders is no guarantee of unity amongst the rank and file unless there is a serious and honest attempt to spread the message of unity further downwards.
Each group, Harmon emphasized, as a condition of support, will look at its leaders to further its own narrow cause, no matter how unreasonable it may be in the context of the national cause and interest.
However, Harmon said that APNU recognizes that the political, economic and social situation in Guyana has changed over the years but the need for national unity still persists.
“Our multi-party partnership, we believe, allows us the best means of achieving national unity. This is the grand mission of APNU,” the politician stated.
The General Secretary said, too that APNU is cognizant of the historical damage that racial hatred and political prejudice has wrought and the coalition respects the right of every ethnic, religious and social group. APNU, he said, will certainly not relent in its endeavor to remove all impediments to national unity.
Supporting Harmon’s statements was Geoffrey Sankies, a senior member of the Justice For All Party (JFAP). He was in the company of recently returned JFAP Executive Member to APNU, Jaipaul Sharma.
Sankees said that JFAP is committed to the vision of a Guyana in which all citizens can live productive lives free from poverty, hunger and political or racial discrimination. He said that JFAP which is a member of APNU is committed to seeing a Guyana where people are safe in their homes and in their communities and are able to enjoy the benefits of political, social and cultural liberation.
“JFAP has always stood up for the disenfranchised, the under-dogs and the people that have been discriminated by this PPP regime. We will continue to do so…We remain committed to our constituents and committed to the removal of the PPP/C and we strongly believe that being a partner in APNU makes that possible at the upcoming General and Regional elections,” he added.
As it relates to APNU’s discussions with the Alliance For Change (AFC), Harmon reminded that those negotiations are subject to a Non-Disclosure Agreement which was signed by both parties.
As for the role JFAP will be playing in the partnership, Harmon said, “We don’t have a little partner and a big partner…in the way we conduct business in the partnership, we have a leadership council made up of the political parties and other organizations which support us and subscribe to our statement of principle. Then there is the executive level which is the decision making forum and all of our partners sit and have an equal say in what we are doing so that is how we arrive at decisions.”
He emphasized that the Justice For All Party is considered an equal party.
Sharma in adding his view said that his party is always given a fair chance to express its opinion on matters and it is always a transparent process in APNU.
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