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Dictatorship? Not again!
DEAR EDITOR,
It’s quite late in night and sleep is yet to visit me as I lay awake submerged in the sad reality that life in Guyana has come a full circle and we are once again starkly staring at a full-fledged PNC dictatorship. But this time it is far worse than that which Guyanese had experienced during the period 1964 to 1992.
This time it began almost as soon as the PNC-dominated Coalition assumed office, with the complete disdain and utmost defiance of the Supreme Law of the land, which ironically was conceived and given birth during the same dark era of Burnham’s PNC dictatorship rule.
The masses in Guyana are poor people, of whom multitudes have fled from their homeland in a courageous quest to bring good to themselves and families and they live abroad with the earnest hope one day those living in poverty will live an improved life in an economically prosperous environment.
In 1992, we saw the advent of such a life as Guyanese were taken from dire poverty and oppression into a journey which saw their lives improved almost on a daily basis. Guyana was taken from bankruptcy to prosperity and for 23 years had almost forgotten the 28 years suffered under the PNC dictatorship when it was a crime to eat food!
Empty shelves became filled as never before and Guyanese were becoming owners of homes and luxurious items as not only needs but wants were fulfilled. Our national Treasury once again became filled as we moved up the economic ladder to become a middle-income country. Guyanese had started to go to the US on vacation enjoying their ten year Visas.
But this came to an end in 2015 which saw the venomous resurgence of the PNC and the diminishing of such holiday visas as Guyanese once again are seen as fleeing from economic hardships.
The Coalition’s adamant refusal to abide by the Constitution and the defiance for the Rule of Law, have exposed its true dictatorial nature, not only to Guyanese but to the world at large. It took a meagre four years for that to materialize.
Many Guyanese had thought that in this new era that the PNC, after several baptismal names change, would have learnt an invaluable lesson of the 28 years it was in Government and sought to erase that sinister and catastrophic image it had indelibly carved in their psyche.
But that was not to be, since the true PNC characteristic began to emerge on a daily basis as squandermania, corruption, cronyism, criminal activities and harsh taxation measures wreaked havoc as the balance of payments deficit grew, our gross domestic product declined and economic development took a plunge. We now have bigger budgets but equally bigger corruption.
It now becomes clear that the Coalition is bent on an illegal trajectory to remain in power, even if it means once again becoming a pariah to the civilized nations of the world. They believe that the revenue from oil will see them through this time around but they are mistaken.
Guyanese will not allow the PNC to get away with its dictatorial rule this time. We demand that democracy prevails!
We have had enough of poverty and hunger under the PNC and we must now stand up to this monster which once again threatens to gobble this nation.
We demand that the GECOM’s Chairman be appointed and Elections be held by September 18th, 2019 as per our Constitution and the CCJ’s rulings. We demand that the delaying tactic of House-to-House Registration be jettisoned immediately! We want no more PNC-fabricated delaying tactics!
Yours sincerely,
Haseef Yusuf
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