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The leadership of the PPP should embrace calls for a national unity government

Sep 15, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
Guyana sorely is in need of national unity. The country is badly divided along ethnic (and by extension political) lines; there is desperate need for ethnic healing following the acrimonious election campaign. The nation cannot continue in this mode. A coming together is needed for national governance to advance development.
And as I found in my opinion polls in July, a majority of the nation supports a government of national unity, although many APNU supporters are against unity talks and a multi-ethnic inclusive government. As I have consistently penned since the 1980s, no one ethnic group or political party should dominate the government or country. The late Dr. Jagan consistently supported the formation of an inclusive multi-ethnic government comprising representatives of all the political parties. The leadership of the PPP should embrace calls for a national unity government. The PPP should not dictate the representative of APNU-AFC in any talks on national unity.
The PPP should not reject its former comrade in arms Moses Nagamootoo as the chief negotiator of the other side. Neither Nagamootoo nor the APNU-AFC has listed conditions for talks and Naga as he is popularly called. At any rate, Naga has been consistent on the formation of a multi-ethnic national unity government. Apparently, the PPP cannot digest the fact that it lost the elections of 2011 and 2015 because of the departure of Nagamootoo.
The PPP should recognize that Naga represents the best prospect for a national unity government. One cannot pass judgment on Naga before any talks are held. The opposition party should send its negotiator to discuss proposals on advancing unity talks. The PPP should first listen to Naga and state its conditions at that time. If Naga is an obstacle to progress in talks or to the formation of a national unity government, then the party can request his removal from such negotiation.
Vishnu Bisram

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