Latest update August 20th, 2026 12:07 AM
The PNCR is dead without Campbell as its leader
Dear Editor,
Yesterday was a busy one for me and throughout last night was no different. After my interview with author and playwright, Harold Bascom, I spent the rest of the evening in discussions with Guyanese at home and in the diaspora. I went to sleep at 5 am.
I have a political platform that is growing by the second. 3.5 million people visited in the last 28 days. What touches me the most, however, is the number of nice very young people that are paying attention to this space.
They want Guyana to be a different place. They enjoy the things that youths should; great parties, social media controversy and the excitement similar things bring but they understand how deeply troubled Guyana is, today and they want it to be a better country.
I spoke with several youths last evening and without prompting, the name Dr. Terrence Campbell came up. The world knows by now that I see Dr. Campbell more as my brother than a friend and as historically principled as I have been in political activism, I would not hesitate to be bias on his behalf.
I am getting used to Whatsapp calls with multiple people interacting at the same time. I had many of those last night. Young people do not express themselves in complex political terms and that was clear to me in the conversations we had.
I was told that the PNCR/APNU will not make any sense without Campbell as its leader. I was told it is better it “shuts shop” instead of wasting time. I was told that the PNCR is needed more now than ever because of what is happening to a wide cross section of Guyanese and it must be serious about being that change.
The older party faithful in the diaspora were more fearful about being named as they echoed similar sentiments about the party and the leadership role Dr. Campbell must immediately assume if the APNU is to make political sense moving forward.
A Guyanese woman of the highest intellectual pedigree in the diaspora advised me to read an article by one Dr. Blackman about Dr. Campbell. She said that she wanted to know if Dr. Blackman came to her while she was asleep and stole her thoughts.
She agrees that the party must be seen as a business and the Guyanese people must be seen as customers who have walked away. It takes a proven businessman and manager to have customers return to the establishment.
I have two criticisms of Dr. Campbell. He does talk to me often and few times we get to talk very briefly he does not say a bad word about Aubrey Norton.
Campbell conveys a clear mind and sound intelligence but, in my opinion, it is his decency that makes him a viable choice not only to lead his party but also Guyana.
However, he must be given the full latitude to get the work done and the time must be now because to succeed time is of the essence.
Sincerely,
Norman K. Browne
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