Are Guyanese free people or serfs?

Sep 24, 2019 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

The stakes are high. Billions of dollars are at stake and both the People’s Progressive Party and the People’s National Congress are fighting to get access to the oil wealth which will start to flow next year.
I am confident that there are about 25% of eligible voters that are not aligned with either party. The two major parties will be persuasive, but the swing voters must not be swayed by mere talk.
When whoever wins the next election, the citizenry must be adamant that regular Guyanese will benefit with better education, better health and better paying jobs. This will not be given to the people because they elect a government. They will likely enrich their friends, family and themselves. Have the Guyana political elite provided any evidence to the contrary?
Power does not have sympathy or fairness. The elite work to get more power and keep it. If the people are not willing to fight for a fair share of the oil wealth, only a few will get small handouts like slaves. Guyana must decide: are Guyanese free people or serfs? If you are free, you have an inherent right to the pursuit of prosperity, but it must be fought for to obtain. The historical evidence supports my hypothesis.
Yours truly,
Brian Ellis Plummer

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