Racism Cannot Ever Be Used To Build Guyana

Jul 02, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,
There can be little dispute regarding the foolish and futile course set by Granger and the PNC/coalition administration for Guyanese. Its infantile notion of “is we turn now,” for another twenty-eight years of rigged elections, is so stupid that it underlines what lies in store for us.
The $50 billion hole it has put in the financial system via its overdraft facilities at the Bank of Guyana will no doubt strengthen its position with the unions as it tells them that government has no money. Guyana’s public sector workers very probably have little to look forward to from this government going into 2020.
On the other hand, the PPP inclination to corruption, solicitation of drug dealers and criminals, its facilitation of money laundering and narcotics as a means of supporting economic activity, without consideration for the attendant increase in crime, renders it wholly unfit as a political organization vying for public office.
One is hard-pressed to explain why available evidence which can identify elements within the PPP who consorted with drug dealers and made resources of the state available to them is not being used to bring charges against these individuals. It only makes it plainly clear to PPP supporters that their leaders are wholly unfit for office.
Very few will dispute the idea that the policies of the PPP and PNC/coalition are inherently racist. The formation of the PNC itself was founded on the appeal to race. Racist policies, however, cannot be applied successfully to build a country like Guyana where the major ethnic populations are almost evenly divided, because close to half of the population will be oppressed.
Their resources and abilities will not be used to generate much-needed personal and national income. Our African Guyanese who have endured the worst of slavery will never agree to being oppressed. But having had the benefit of the experience of slavery, the last thing they should consider is having anyone existing in a state of oppression.
Neither will Indian Guyanese, whose ancestors suffered much abuse during the colonial era, agree to being oppressed. But the People’s Progressive Party, in addition to being racist, also applies the class system in its management of our country.
Many Indian Guyanese, particularly rice farmers who were underpaid for their produce, can attest to being unfairly treated under the previous administration. And virtually all sugar workers can attest to being second and third class citizens in their own country, with many not having had the benefit of a proper education to expand their options when seeking employment.
If neither Indian nor African Guyanese are willing to be oppressed, then both of these groups will have to reject the parties that traditionally represent them.
Both the PPP and PNC/coalition have demonstrated that they lack the vision and skills to bring Guyana to what we know can be achieved. Nothing more needs to be said. The time is now to be brave and take a stand against their failed policies. After rigged elections, the rule of law is replaced by dictatorship and state thuggery. We have 23 more months remaining before we are cuckolded at the next general elections.
Yours Faithfully,
Craig Sylvester.

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