Venezuelan Government and Opposition

Oct 24, 2023 Editorial

Kaieteur News – Norway led the way in facilitating the process, Mexico served as the venue of deliberation, Russia and the Netherlands lent a hand throughout, CARICOM was pleased with the outcome, and the United States has signaled its reception. After four tough years of hard going, the Venezuelan government and Opposition Unitary Platform have signed an agreement on the way forward for their electoral process to function in a better way, hopefully.

If battling Venezuelan political participants, long caught in the throes of a quasi-civil war, could get to this stage, then that says much about where Guyanese politicians should be. It is the mindsets they must harbor, and dedicating themselves towards understanding, possibly defusing the grinding bitterness that drains this country dry.

Dr. Jerome Walcott, Foreign Minister of Barbados, paid tribute to those countries that contributed to where the Venezuelan parties are. He was higher still in his recognition of the role of dialogue, and openness to it by the parties. Dialogue through thick and thin, through war and peace, is what helps to move from Point A (dark places) to Point B (more encouraging heights). Dialogue towards openings for genuine compromise points to wise leadership. Dialogue when all appears lost, and nothing is left, is what separates improving nations from failing ones. Dialogue that leads forward is what distinguishes man from lesser creatures. The warring political factions in Venezuela arrived where they are on the issue of electoral processes, after social devastations of exceptional grimness hampered a country with the most proven oil reserves globally. If Venezuelan political parties can come to this place for electoral matters through willingness to dialogue, then it confirms how much they could be of the same mind to bind their people into one heart over their Guyana border claims.

“This is a message…in all international and regional for a that it is never too late for dialogue.” Those words were from the Barbadian Foreign Minister, Dr. Walcott again. We at this paper are in the fullest agreement that dialogue takes to places where nothing else succeeds as well. When almost all other things fail to trigger a spark of interest or movement, dialogue is the only remedy left to try.

We have not given dialogue a chance in Guyana. National elections rekindle old memories, unleash ancient passions, and serve as the tonic to begin a new cycle of hate and animosity. The word dialogue is least heard of then, the one most swiftly dismissed then, as all then hold on with a death grip to their respective positions. In the ugly aftermath of national elections, commonsense is suspended, civility is at a low ebb, and there is no place for dialogue, or entertaining thoughts towards any such circumstances. Political leaders at opposite poles of local politics emphasize differences, while overlooking the common elements that could bind, if thoughtfully used.

This country is the richest per citizen anywhere on earth by most calculations. But on the management of the national oil treasure, which underpins the richness of Guyanese, there is ongoing sharp disagreement. It does not take a genius to appreciate that the competencies of both sides to the local political equation should be harnessed and could lead to places where this country struggles to be. From a fundamental perspective, this has to be among the first building block in any talk, any vision, of building capacity to take full advantage of the nation’s wealth. From the vantage point of everyone having a seat of the table, there is no limit to where the surrounding dialogue could take hopeful Guyanese. Instead of planks in the diaspora, there could be a fusion for what is better for all Guyana. Rather than division in the domestic arena, a united population can remove the restraints from Guyanese, and make them detect who is a real partner to them versus who is preying upon them when they are not together.

A willingness to authentic dialogue powers to such places. It is beyond the podium and paper. Willingness to dialogue is what gives Guyanese a chance, guides them to where they should be, but have never been before. The Venezuelans did it, Guyanese politicians should understand what is at stake here.

Government, Netherlands, opposition, Russia, Venezuelan

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