APNU/AFC attempting to also lose a republic

Dear Editor,
The Coalition is not only attempting to win an election, but is also attempting to lose a republic. It is making one argument to our body politic: No Republican form of government is possible in Guyana, unless the PNCR is allowed to occupy the Executive Office.
This is what is being promoted once the public peels away the layers of dead souls voting with fingers intact, back-track voters, and the “bloated list” that all contestants ratified on Nomination Day.
The Coalition is not interested in being a robust parliamentary opposition. It appears to be arguing that our Constitution, starting from its Preamble, would be repealed or simply cast aside where it prohibits any automatic PNCR/Coalition rule in Guyana. In other words, if the Coalition is to again become a parliamentary opposition, the electors would find a country in which they may be compelled to say, “WE, THE PEOPLE OF THE PNCR…” instead of “WE, THE GUYANESE PEOPLE…”, as in the Preamble.
No one else is allowed to govern Guyana, regardless of free and fair elections. To preserve PNCR occupancy of Executive Office, the Coalition seems willing to destroy the Republic and its republican form of government.
ANUG, LJP, and all other parties are put on notice. It is no longer critical to have a government of, by, and for the people. Instead, it is imperative to have a government of, by, and for the Coalition.
Sovereignty no longer “belongs to the people, who exercise it through their representatives,” as stated in the Constitution; rather, it is automatically destroyed if the PPP/C (or any opposition party) lawfully ascends to the Executive Office. This is the message that was promoted by the Coalition recently on a radio programme.
While, by its Supreme Court, the Republic of the United States of America has now upheld the civil rights of all gays, lesbians, and transgender persons in the workplace pursuant to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, our Republic is being held hostage by one political organ.
The electorate arguably are being told that they must strip the independent judiciary of its exclusive jurisdiction over elections; disregard or end free and fair elections; and dispatch with representational democracy as a means of exercising a right to self-rule, and allow the PNCR-led Coalition to return to Executive Office.
Yes, say it loud and say it proud: Guyana must have a one-party Government for all time, or no Government for any time.

Sincerely,
Rakesh Rampertab