LIFE MOVES ONLY IN ONE DIRECTION—FORWARD

Mar 08, 2016 Editorial, Features / Columnists

A large number of people in the country feel that they are being slapped around, body slammed to the ground and stomped on by the PPP. It is nauseating to the readers of this and other newspapers that the PPP is opposed to almost everything this government does.
However, the newspapers cannot be blamed for carrying such headlines; it is their job as the Fourth Estate to inform the public. They just cannot offer snit bits of the issues.
After 15 years of arrogance, abrasiveness, massive corruption, and contempt for the people, the leader of the PPP has suddenly become the mouthpiece of the masses. His belief that he has captured the righteous indignation of the average citizen with his propaganda, distortions and untruths is absurd.
His selfish behaviour and lust for political power has led to massive corruption and immorality in governance. How else can the people explain the total disrespect of Parliament and the people?
Making matters worse was the ill-informed statement that the PPP did not lose the election. One may conclude that this denial is simply a manifestation of the first step on the way to eventual acceptance of the loss of political power. And to further compound such insanity is the ridiculous claim that the election was rigged.
Many supporters of the PPP are ashamed of the silly utterances of their leaders. It is time for them to come to terms with the loss of office and accept that people wanted a change from their type of corrupt politics.
This government is striving to regain the trust and confidence of the people and move the country forward. Whining would be anathema to gaining the people’s trust and confidence. The PPP is down and out and the government would do well not to take a page out of its playbook. It has to adopt a more positive attitude than currently prevails and steer the ship of State and prove its worth for the benefit of all.
Unlike other CARICOM states, Guyanese cannot boast of a long and cherished tradition of seamless transitions of power from one government to the next in the post-independence era. The 2015 General Election is over and done. The die has already been cast, the results are in and according to GECOM, the PPP has lost the elections. The people have spoken.
What is done cannot be undone. But the PPP has found legal loopholes and technicalities to challenge the elections and frustrate the will of the people.
The government, on the other hand, has risen to the occasion and has become an exemplar. It has demonstrated gravitas and has shown true statesmanship with dignity and without reservation. It has done the honorable thing and has moved on with unconquered spirits.
In his essay, “The Moving Finger” the late 11th century poet and philosopher Omar Khayyám wrote: In all Piety or wit, time shall not lure back. For the sake of clarity, the “moving finger” is a metaphor that depicts “fate” or the invisible “Hand of God” indelibly recording history in the traceless sands of time.
The most important lesson here for the PPP is that once the moment is past, it is gone forever. And no matter how one may regret having done or not done something or wish that they could go back in time and change it or do it differently, there is absolutely no way to rewrite history, regardless of one’s prayers, guile or ill-advised legal challenge, for life moves only in one direction—forward.

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