Mr. President, Let your word mean something

Jun 09, 2020 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

I appeal to my political leader and President of Guyana, Mr. David Granger, to honour his words and the commitment he gave to Caricom and the opposition. He must be a man of his words. What would people in Guyana, the Caribbean, and around the globe think of a man who does not honour his words?
I call on other religious leaders to appeal to President Granger to throw in the towel – we lost fairly. We were not cheated. Stop fooling our supporters. Just like the PPP when it was in government, our officials were arrogant, neglecting our base and not listening to the cries on the ground. So don’t make excuses of fraud for the loss. They won’t do the party any good. We must accept defeat and move on.
This defeat was our own doing. Some in the coalition government were busy enriching themselves and ignoring the base supporters as well as those from the other side who voted for us in 2015. We dis-robed the AFC to the point where they could not service their supporters. And we ill-treated those from the other side that crossed over and voted for us in 2015 to bring about the victory. But they were put out of our political house as unwelcome guests even though we need their support for an electoral victory. Their ill-treatment was a disrespect accorded to political guests. Inevitably, they were forced to return to their political home from whence they came and were re-embraced by their party.
I would have liked my party to win the re-election but defeat is not the end of the world. We will overcome and in five years, we will make a return. Inevitably, the PPP will repeat their blunders (as some in that party can’t help themselves) and we will be back in the saddle.
I remind Mr. Granger that he called for the recount and the opposition agreed to it. Mr. Granger said he would respect the outcome of the recount. It is now completed and he and our party lost. Let us respect the will of the voters. Concede defeat so we can start national healing, and let us start the rebuilding of our party right away to return in government in five years.
Yours truly,
Bro. Joshua Emmanuel

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