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PPP believes in inclusivity and invites Guyanese into its fold
Dear Editor,
Many persons in the Civic component of the PPP/C joined the partnership because we recognized that the PPP is an all-inclusive Party where all members are treated as part of an extended family, with one ultimate goal – to achieve national peace, progress and prosperity in a democratic society.
Inclusivity is the very foundation of the guiding principles of the Party because, paramount to every endeavour of the PPP, one enduring reality prevails, which is that ours is a nation of a tapestry of several ethnicities and cultures, all contributing richly to the national whole; the strength of the party resides in the recognition and acceptance – and even the celebration of this fact.
The Civic component of the PPP/C partnership is not a political strategy but a genuine consociation between non-political social activists and the political Party that has piloted the struggle for democracy in Guyana. The PPP has, since its conception and formation demonstrated its commitment to inclusivity and equity for all in its goals for Guyana’s independence and development.
Unconfirmed reports relate that one of the modus operandi the APNU/AFC uses to advance and impregnate their myth of racism by the PPP in the national psyche is by using a grouping of specially-picked persons (trolls), especially from the Pro-Government media fraternity, who churn out a steady stream of letters to the mainstream and social media, accusing the PPP/C leaders – in and out of government, of practicing the most degenerative forms of racism in a multiplicity of ways that inhibit the upward progression of Afro Guyanese, as in a letter by one Akeem Bennons, published in the ‘Guyana Chronicle’ of Monday March 27, 2017, headlined “PPP playing a dangerous game.”
As a sitting member of Parliament of the PPP/C partnership and former Chairman of the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC), I have always tried to hold myself above the fray and to lead by example by allowing my works to speak for me.
However, I cannot stand quietly by and allow lies and injustice to prevail, especially where the consequences are detrimental to our country and our people; because this goes against my conscience as a human being and my position regarding globalisation of humanity, where I consider all humans are creatures created by one God.
I can affirm that the PPP/C leadership never appeals to one race in preference to another; but calls upon every Guyanese citizen, as it has always done, to come together and defeat the forces that are destroying the unity of working-class Guyanese and their survival systems.
Working together for a better Guyana is the mantra of the PPP/C, which welcomes Akeem Bennons et al to be a part of a partnership fostered by a Party that forever holds out a hand in friendship to every Guyanese, without consideration of race, class or creed. If you please, we are all Guyanese.
Juan Edghill
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