Dear Editor,
The inclusion of someone in Parliament who had been caught signing a fake Election Count which was in support of the rigging of the last elections is a step in the wrong direction towards the democratic Cooperative Republic. For a major political party to consider making such a move says volumes, and it attests to the lack of interest in fostering genuine cooperation and unity within the parliamentary body of our great nation.
When someone crosses the line that separates democracy from dictatorship, it is hard to justify their presence in an institution that strives to symbolise the highest values of the democratic process. The word “reform” means to make a change, to improve.
Placing those who would prefer to take us back to a time when Indians were sidelined and not given opportunities, even though our qualifications were better than the supporters of the ruling African party, is no less than a mockery of the democratic process.
No one, including those who know what it means to be oppressed, should sit quietly and allow dictator-supporting election riggers to be sworn into our Parliament. Those unscrupulous individuals should be further sanctioned and removed from their respective political parties if genuine cooperation and the vision of One Guyana grounded in One People, One Nation with One Destiny is to be achieved.
With concern,
Jamil Changlee
