Bribes will not give the PPP a majority government, sir.
My Dear Friend,
I admire your optimism however your idealism will run into hard Guyanese reality. Bribery works in every society, especially one like Guyana.
The approach of all (the overwhelming majority) Guyanese towards politics and Government is that it is a prize to be captured and milked for maximum personal benefit.
Guyana never had the opportunity for British political culture to take hold with all those grand concepts that come with a truly mature political culture.
The seeds of our current dysfunction is that we are merely playing out the roles of decay written for us in our colonial political origins. Our social and political system only functioned with a strong Governor from London. The system was never designed to support an independent State. Even our elites still have that inherent subservient attitude towards Government, just as the elites that preceded them used to bow and scrape before the Governor.
I'm smiling after reading this. You see, I was keeping a quote handy to respond, before you tendered your salient distinction between the British and Guyanese electorates. I understand your point.
Anyway, I'll still reproduce it here for what it's worth.
"It is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption, although they may be very convenient for gratifying the ambition or the vanity of individuals, have any great effect upon the fortunes or the power of parties. And it is a great mistake to suppose that bribery and corruption are means by which power can either be obtained or retained." -- Benjamin Disraeli [1804-1881], British politician and prime minister.
Enjoy your weekend, friend.