Norton talks the talk, then disappears when the fire gets hot

Jan 07, 2023 Letters

Dear Editor,

The PPP has reached the point of view that the Opposition tasked with the responsibility of representing its supporters who make up forty something percent of the electorate, are not really up to the task. The PPP by its viscous attitude and actions towards Guyanese who chose not to vote for those who sit in the current government, is sending a stark reminder that the Leader of the Opposition will not rise up on behalf of the people he is elected to represent and effectively confront the dictatorship.

If the international community sat Aubrey Norton down and said to him that no matter what happens to a section of Guyanese, he must not take action outside of offering verbal condemnation, based on a promise that the US, Britain, Canada and Caricom will see the removal of the PPP at the next elections, then Norton’s ambitions are not about genuinely fighting for the battered and bruised he is elected and handsomely paid to represent.

The PPP has concluded that the Leader and Chairman of the PNCR is weak. The PPP is saying to our supporters by its brutal actions visited on them today that the Leader of the Opposition is weak and will not respond in a manner that would make them take stock and be hesitant in continuing their racist politics and domination.

During this writer’s struggle to see Norton where he is today, I recall receiving calls from two former coalition government ministers. They both revealed the same sentiments about Norton in response to my advocacy that Norton must lead because of his history of grassroots struggle and his ability to be more radical than Hoyte in the event that the regime returns to the horrors of their twenty-three-year rule.

One of the former ministers said that she has been in struggles against the PPP with Norton where he talked the talk and disappeared when the fire got hot. She swore to me that Norton is afraid of the police because his greatest fear is being jailed. The other former minister told me that I will live to see Norton weaken the PNCR and turn his back on the grassroots people when things get out of control. My activism was clear for the world to see and my long held belief that Norton will make history for being our greatest leader in the liberation struggle strengthened my passion to see him succeed in becoming Leader.

An opposition politician just told me that Norton does not like mud or to see police in riot gear. A leading US freedom fighter just told me Norton is weak. Every night before I go to sleep, there is always a thought that lingers in my mind. Have I innocently and unknowingly done something to destroy the Party I love? Burnham has not come to me in a dream since Norton’s ascension. I hope when he appears, he will not be in clouds of anger.

Sincerely yours,

Norman Browne

Social and Political Activist