PM Sam Hinds stayed the course
When Dr. Cheddi Jagan invited Sam Hinds of the GUARD movement to join with the PPP through a civic component to form a PPP/civil society alliance, along with others from diverse political parties who wished to join the PPP to help in rebuilding the nation after the relatively free-and-fair elections in 1992, the latter decided to take a leap of faith.Sharing similar visions, ideals, and commitment to nation-building, the two brothers of the soul, Cheddi and Sam, embarked in a partnership that did not end with Dr. Jagan’s passing – because the PPP patriarch passed the baton of leadership on as well, which was ultimately handed over by Mrs. Jagan to the young man they had both mentored; and Sam kept right on partnering the young President, as both a father figure and a co-leader.
The rest is history. Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, as President, went on from strength to strength and left an unparalleled record of development in Guyana; but he could not have done it without the team created by the Jagans, with Sam Hinds being an integral partner in leadership for all the years of the PPP/C in governance.
When President-elect Donald Ramotar announced that Sam Hinds would continue this partnership, with the Civic component by retaining the Prime Ministerial position, as agreed, it marked and highlighted the fact that the PPP keeps faith with anyone who sincerely commits to join with that party in nation-building; but moreso, in Ramotar’s own words, PM Sam Hinds “…has the energy, he has the desire, and he has the will to continue to serve our country”.
Prime Minister Samuel Archibald Hinds, O.E., has served Guyana with distinction and is beloved by all Guyanese without reservations, except the hate-mongers, who refuse to see this gentleman’s innate goodness and humanity, which makes him rise above self to work indefatigably for the common good.
And the partnership continued with a Donald Ramotar/Sam Hinds leadership combo that has propelled – despite the gerrymandering and unpatriotic, anti-developmental, destructive actions and utterances by an unrepentant and opportunistic, power-hungry Opposition cabal, an accelerated national development that is on a fast-track to taking every Guyanese – man, woman, and child out of the jaws of poverty as the new governmental construct, built upon the foundations laid by the Jagans and Bharrat Jagdeo, forged ahead with the new President’s developmental roadmap of continuity with strategic partnerships involving stakeholders at every level in the nation.
As the country heads into another general election, forcibly propelled by an Opposition hellbent on a destructive pathway that will cost this country much taxpayers’ dollars through another truncated PPP/C Government, it is hoped that, even if not in the capacity of Prime Minister, Guyana’s beloved Sam Hinds will not desert the party that he joined decades ago at the behest of a ‘brother in struggle’ and will continue his patriarchal role in the governmental construct through which he has served Guyana and its people so long and so well.
One trusted partner joined with external forces and betrayed the PPP, the nation, and Dr. Jagan many decades ago – consequently destroying Guyana and the socio-economic pathway of its people; but PM Sam Hinds has kept the faith of Father of the Nation, Dr. Cheddi Jagan, and stayed the course.
extracted from the Guyana chronicle
