Dear Editor,
The Alliance for Change has said it will be contesting the Local Government polls alone.
I wish to make four simple points: One, the Alliance for Change insists that it remains committed to the APNU/AFC Coalition, but it is unable to secure a position that demonstrates a commitment by both the APNU and AFC to coalition politics. Is the Alliance for Change just out to fool Guyanese again? From where I sit, the Alliance for Change seems to be falling apart and unable to secure its position in the Coalition. So how can Guyanese trust the Alliance for Change at the Local Government polls?
Second, with my first point being the likely state of affairs in the Alliance for Change, isn’t the position it has taken a deceitful one? Guyanese have not forgotten that the PNC is the major partner in the APNU/AFC Coalition, and Guyanese have surely not forgotten what happened to The United Force (TUF) after it and the PNC joined up for the sole purpose of taking Government.
Third, if other Guyanese like me conclude that this is so, what we are seeing is just another manifestation of an unscrupulous Alliance for Change — a party which in the last three years seems more interested in defending the perks and privileges that its ministers get, as opposed to defending the interest of the Guyanese people.
Until and unless the Alliance for Change finds a way to demonstrate otherwise, it will remain a political party that for most Guyanese is untrustworthy.
Yours faithfully,
Attiya Baksh
