Jagdeo is not the PPP and the PPP is not Jagdeo

Sep 21, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
A clear indication of the difficult task facing the Granger/Nagamootoo coalition government is its efforts to unite the people from all ethnic backgrounds and to form a national unity government.
This is exactly what the nation needed for healing and for the people to live in peace and harmony. This was the hope and desire of the founding leaders of the country, the late Linden Forbes Samson Burnham and Dr. Cheddi Bharat Jagan.
Their dreams were for a united Guyana but standing in the way of this lifelong dream is the leader of the opposition PPP, Bharat Jagdeo who has rejected the idea. He remains bitter and is in a state of total confusion after losing the last election. He was convinced that the PPP was going to win the last election, but when he realized that theyhad lost, he accused the APNU+AFC coalition of rigging the election.
As if that was not enough, the PPP has asked the court to declare the election null and void. This is bizarre for a party that has ruled the country for 30 years (1957-1964; 1992-2015) and claimed to believe in democracy.
However, it is normal for the leaders and supporters of the PPP, that after losing thelast election, particularly if the campaign was bruising, to feel disappointed and frustrated to the point where they would refuse to support the new government or anything its policies.
They have been unable to cope with such huge loss and, as a result, have been most vitriolic in their comments.This is a classic example of how sore losers behave. For Jagdeo to refuse to attend the unity talks shows poor leadership and for him to tell Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo that he has no authority to spearhead those talks is rude and offensive.
There is no place for the nastiness that he spewed at Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo. It is childish and uncivil!
The reality is Jagdeo should not be allowed to impede the unity talks or the formation of a unity government. Jagdeo is not the PPP and the PPP is not Jagdeo. He is an ordinary citizen. The coalition has to move beyond Jagdeo and seek support from the other PPP members. It is time for the nation to rebuke hissleazy, divisive and race-bait politics before they divide the country further. That should be the message ofall Guyanese who welcome and embrace the new coalition government. Corruption breathes negativity and so is a depraved mind.
Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish Singh

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