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The opposition has become background noise
Dear Editor,
An opposition that mistakes constant reaction for strategy is not preparing to govern. It is performing. If your politics consists mainly of bad-talking the PPP, repeating “corruption” until it loses meaning, and hoping public frustration somehow converts itself into votes, then you do not have a serious political program. You have background noise.
That is the problem. The Opposition rarely presents a coherent alternative, a disciplined policy agenda, or visible long-term organising in communities, among workers, farmers, youth, Indigenous peoples, or vulnerable groups. Where are the counter-budgets, the serious policy papers, the sustained civic projects, the investigations, the shadow planning, and the evidence of readiness to govern? Criticism alone is not strategy.
It appears they have learned nothing from the massive infiltration and every level and poor management that lead to the demise of the PNC. Or maybe is it that the same Russian they blamed in 2020 for stealing the elections has stolen the credibility of the opposition too. Noise may attract attention, but it does not build confidence, inspire a country, or persuade people that a serious alternative exists.
Even more puzzling is the constant tagging of the ABCEU countries in social media posts, as though diplomacy is a schoolyard exercise and foreign missions are waiting to descend and rescue the political opposition from its own political weakness. What is the strategy here? Does the leader of the opposition believe these countries do not already understand Guyana’s politics, power networks, and strategic importance? Or is this simply another performance for supporters? He may be surprised that they know more than he thinks they know and certainly more than he knows.
Meaningful political relationships are built through seriousness, consistency, credibility, and long-term engagement, not by digital grandstanding. An opposition leader that cannot distinguish between diplomacy and public pleading reveals political immaturity, weak instincts, and a troubling lack of strategic depth.
Guyana needs more than anti-PPP rhetoric. We’ve heard it all and today the PPP still stands, perhaps stronger and more united than it has ever been. The opposition is just about attacking, criticising and “bad talking” it is about doing real political work, including working with government agencies and leaders. An opposition without a vision, discipline, organisation, and the maturity to offer the country something other than paid protestors, criticism and allegations of corruption is background noise.
Sincerely,
Rawle A. Small
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Well said: factual!!!