Mottley has swept aside years of warm elections-related diplomacy from Caricom towards PNC

Dear Editor,
The unwarranted attacks on distinguished Caribbean leaders underscore the failure of the groupthink narrative perpetuated by the PNC, that what is best for Congress Place is also best for the country.
Rejection started with former Barbados Prime Minister Arthur Owen who publicly rebuffed being bullied by the PNC regarding his observer status. Rejection continued when Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister Keith Rowley recalled that republic’s elections officer to avoid contamination in Georgetown.
Rejection of the PNC narrative grew louder this week by former Jamaica Prime Minister Bruce Golding who stated: “I have never seen a more transparent effort to alter the results of an election.”
But it is the Chair of Caricom, Prime Minister Mia Mottley who hit the high note or crescendo on March 17, 2020, when she declared: “It is clear that there are forces that do not want to see the votes recounted for whatever reason.”
With her “forces” statement, Chair Mottley has swept aside years of warm elections-related diplomacy from Caricom towards the PNC.
Caribbean leaders and by extension its people are wary of the PNC, which has always embarrassed Guyana. To borrow a recent comment from the esteemed historian, Mr Clem Seecharran, Guyanese have become famously stained due to rigged elections.
Guyanese ought to take guidance from these eminent Caribbean leaders—and resist the groupthink narrative being promoted in good old-fashioned PNC style, just as these leaders have.

Sincerely,
Rakesh Rampertab