I see a third party coming and it will be successful

May 14, 2017 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am not an intellectual but I consider myself acquainted with what goes on in the world because I do keep abreast with the news. World news is my daily diet. I was about to send this letter but I held back until I saw the results of the French elections. Guyana will be the first third world country to follow in the trend of dumping traditional political parties when the third force comes on the scene in two years’ time. We had Trump beating traditional rivals. We had Brexit. In France it is the same thing. Last Sunday the world saw another just born politician and a newcomer who never contested even a local government election become president of France.
Everything seems to be set for Guyana to achieve the unachievable; a new party that will sweep the old parties away. All of its leaders will be people who never faced the electorate and who never held even a touch of power. I strongly suspect that Freddie Kissoon will lead that list. Mr. Kissoon’s silence has spoken. There isn’t anyone in Guyana who is not familiar with the personality of Freddie Kissoon. You mash his toes and he will tell you where to get off. You bruise his elbow and he will fight you. You make accusations against him and the Kaieteur News is inflamed. Yet this man who thrives on arguments and debates has been silent a long time now when people write that he is the likely presidential candidate for a new party that wants to challenge APNU+AFC and the PPP
Guyana is an unpredictable country. If anyone had even hinted that Freddie Kissoon will enter politics I would have said no. The ultimate radical, Kissoon has always been a one-man band so full of philosophy and idealism that to many, he is either crazy or eccentric or adventurous. But give him his due. He is clean, honest and multi-racial. We cannot say the same for the lot that has ruled us since God knows when.
Who are these people that are trying to remove the traditional party? From what I have heard through the grapevine, there is Nigel Hughes. This is an unbeatable factor that will scare the APNU+AFC boy and girls. Hughes is a crowd pleaser everyway he goes. If Nigel Hughes cannot bring a third party to victory then Guyanese are stuck in a mindset that forever will see the PNC and PPP ruling us. I doubt this will happen. Guyana is on the verge of a new party that will create history. For me the key will be the young voters. If a third party can entice voters then the game is over for our two great rivals.
Young people are looking for a clean, visionary government. Someone like Freddie Kissoon is seen as person who has vision. Reading Mr. Kissoon’s daily offerings, he strikes you as a welcome voice of reason and vision. Young people are not going to vote for the two great rivals. It is for this reason I think the third party can pull it off. I have been reliably informed that two PPP politicians will join and one from the AFC. I also heard through the grapevine that two top lawyers and three top businessmen will show their hands. There will be some who fought against the parking meters
This will be a new look/outfit full of confidence and zeal. They will take to the streets of Guyana and entice the nation. There will be an outpouring of sympathy and emotions. All the signs are there that Guyana will turn away from the two great rivals. We have to pray that it happens. I believe it will. Make no mistake, the APNU+AFC has run out of steam and ideas. People, especially the young will turn their backs on them. The truth, Mr. Editor is that Guyanese are looking for an alternative. That alternative is about to happen. We must all chip in.
Cyril Ramnarace

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