ONE would have thought that a man who claims to be an uncompromising believer in Cheddi Jagan’s legacy and also one who claims to love this country dearly, would have pledged to help developing this country and move it along the path of peace, progress and prosperity. But instead he has pledged to work with APNU against the PPP. However, he did not have to make such a pledge because ever since he has lost out on becoming the PPP’s presidential candidate, he has been doing this because of the bitterness and a thwarted ego. And since that time his every political action and behaviour have been guided by that bitterness and thwarted ego-a strange reaction for man who claims to be an uncompromising believer in Cheddi Jagan’s legacy because Dr. Jagan never had bitterness against anyone, nor was he guided by an ego and lust for power.Despite the horrible things that were done by his political opponents (both local and foreign) he never exhibited bitterness and hatred, as most truly great people never do. He had always put the people and his country first and although he led the struggle for independence and should have been the first Prime Minister of an independent Guyana, he demonstrated utmost magnanimity when he welcomed independence under another party. But this gentleman’s thirst for power began with his spurious claim that Dr. Jagan had anointed him to be the next president. Strangely, Dr. Jagan seemed to have told no other one in the party’s leadership. The gentleman at his party’s recent press conference said: “We have decided to work with APNU and all other patriotic, political, business, labour, religious, human rights, women, youth…in a broad fight against the PPP minority regime.”
So the cards have been laid bare and it is clear now that the sole intention of this gentleman is the removal of the PPP-led government-even it means collaborating with those who had imposed a dictatorial government through rigged elections and intimidation, which resulted in the destruction of this country. At that time, this gentleman had vehemently condemned and opposed those very people which he is now in bed with-further reinforcing the old adage: “Politics makes strange bedfellows.”
In the past the Guyanese people have made the right choice and they will do so again when they get that opportunity, which does not seem to be long from now(Guyana Chronicle).
