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Winner-take-all system of governance, the underlying cause of our problems

Jul 03, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

If we were honest, we would admit that the number one problem we have in Guyana is the winner-take-all system of governance. This is compounded by the very close link between our politics and race. So issues of a political nature are viewed as being racial. This is further compounded by the perceived high incidence of corruption and political and thus racial discrimination perpetrated by the governing party.

Mistrust is everywhere because our leaders lack integrity across the political divide. So when a government controls 100 percent of the country’s resources by virtue of a single seat in a 65 seat Parliament, how can any reasonable person think that there would not always be serious political and thus racial problems in the country?
Fifty-six years after becoming an independent nation, we are nowhere closer to finding a solution, than we were in the 1960s when the bloody racial conflict nearly tore the country apart.

The events of last Tuesday, is a stark reminder of how fragile the situation continues to be. Has anyone even contemplated what could have happened if there was retaliation by the other side?
Our divisive politics which puts one major race against the other is a recipe for confrontation and trouble.

And until Guyanese in general, and our political leaders in particular, accept that the winner-take-all system of governance is the underlying cause of our problems, the volcano of mistrust and disaffection will continue to spew ash as it did last Tuesday.

When will our leaders accept that Guyana is a tinder box fuelled by the perception of corruption and racial discrimination?
The President’s “One Guyana” mantra is meaningless. Is there a comprehensive plan to achieve this “One Guyana” aspiration?

Yours truly,
Dougla

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