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Fair share
Editorial…
(Kaieteur News) – Said Leader of the Opposition-in-waiting, Azruddin Mohamed in his first post parliamentary media engagement, “To ensure the people of this country get their fair share” is among his top priorities. Another is to hold the government accountable.
Those are two tough challenges, but feasible, despite the slippery nature of the PPPC Government, it can still be held accountable, once the will is present. Relative to a fair share for citizens, he is going to encounter some entrenched interests that are focused on their own priority. That is, to keep the status quo going, one, so they continue to rake in the riches from the nation’s national resources patrimonies, while happy to leave the crumbs to the people who have been compelled to take those, and pretend at contentment.
Mohamed and his We Invest in Nationhood (WIN) succeeded in gaining 16 seats in parliament because of the countrywide dissatisfaction from rank-and-file citizens. Dissatisfaction with how they have been used and their trust abused by both the PPPC- and APNU+AFC-led governments. Many promises were made, many were not kept, and voters gave the first indication of not going along with that way of life anymore. They voted for Mohamed, with him achieving the unthinkable: after a mere four months of announcing a run for Guyana’s highest national office, voters pushed he and his team into parliament with 16 seats. It is still an unbelievable achievement, which leaves many Guyanese observers pinching themselves, wondering if they are dreaming, if this really happened.
It did, despite he and his father being sanctioned by the US Government for a list of alleged crimes, with gold smuggling, tax evasion, and money laundering attracting the most attention. This says much about the confidence of the local electorate in the two long-time political giants in Guyana’s environment. Where there was plenty of that confidence, there is now considerably less, at least where the APNU group is concerned. Where the PPP was previously dominant to the point of being unchallenged, the confidence of the electorate in the trustworthiness of its leaders have ebbed. From the recently concluded General and Regional Elections, there is evidence that some of the ruling party’s own supporters stayed away from the polls. They didn’t come out and vote for WIN or A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), or any of the other parties, but they did not vote for the PPP, either.
One interpretation of both voter apathy and the success of Mohamed’s WIN is that Guyanese are disgruntled from not getting what they consider to be their fair share of the resources that are part of their birthright. They believed that the PPPC Government has deceived them, and taken advantage of them. Also, dejected voters did not have the faith of the past in either the APNU or Alliance For Change, so as to go for them again. The loss of the three parties that have controlled Guyanese life for decades has been to the benefit of Mohamed and WIN. He has a mandate from the people in his hands, however limited it is, and he has started out by naming a fair share for Guyanese as among his top priorities.
Will he deliver, or will he become another political leader extending the dismal record of those who went before him? Will he be allowed the opportunity and room to give his best effort, with Guyanese seeing for themselves that he represents a true breath of change? There are 11 serious charges hanging like a blacksmith’s hammer over his head, and an extradition request from the US Government that is pending. Those are formidable obstacles in his way, and they could negate his promise to ensure that Guyanese receive their fair share from the nation’s wealth. It is probable that he may not even be here to make a start in that direction.
The fact that Mohamed has targeted ExxonMobil is not in his favour. The fact that both the PPPC and APNU fear him, constrains him. It would be tragic if the one Guyanese who promised a fair share for Guyanese is prevented from delivering. Poor, unhappy Guyanese need him, but the PPPC Government wants him in US hands, and out of Guyana.
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