I do not support the call for this mechanism to be scrapped

Jun 28, 2018 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
As an elected member of the Coordinating Council (Board of Directors) of International Decade for People of African Descent Assembly-Guyana Country Coordinating Mechanism (IDPADA-G CCM) I do not support the call for IDPADA-G to be scrapped. Being a resident of Linden, who made over 300 trips to and from the Linden Highway to attend over one hundred and sixty meetings, work sessions (many on holidays) and outreaches – and endured extensive hours away from home and a family of thirteen – leading up to the formation and subvention of IDPADA-G CCM, it is impossible for me to do so.
I put forward to all that there is no perfect organisation anywhere in the world, even the constitution of Guyana has to be tweaked. IDPADA-G CCM has to be treated as a newborn babe.
Definitely some things have to be reshaped and plans implemented to reflect an all-inclusiveness so that no one could be left out, which is necessary to achieve and maintain recognition, justice and sustainable development. Unity is strength.
Only persons who have no idea of the long hours of tedious labour into the wee hours of the morn, sacrificing holidays etc., and a selfish person, would call for IDPADA-G to be scrapped. I take no sides. My only allegiance is to the countless impoverished, under privileged and disenfranchised African Guyanese citizens I encountered in every village across the country.
I suggest we sincerely consider the concerns of all these African Guyanese, and try to resolve them. After all, Guyana is playing a leading role in the implementation of the UN-declared International Decade for People of African Descent.
Esther Gittens

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