Dear Editor,
A minority political party, ANUG, is championing the need for a minority government. However, in hindsight, a minority government in the context of the Guyanese political environment would never work.
The one time there was such a dispensation in the 2011-2015 period, it failed miserably, which almost caused Guyana to be blacklisted, thereby driving the economy into the ground.
Notwithstanding, ANUG has positioned itself, aspirationally, as a party that would hold the balance of power and ensure the best policies and decision making at the national level, through the National Assembly, should they win some five seats at the upcoming general and regional elections in 2025.
Yet, week after week, and every time one of ANUG’s key spokespersons, save and except for its founding member, Mr Ralph Ramkarran, who is a legal luminary, the party exposes its lack of depth, comprehension, grasp and rigour altogether, in respect of public policy matters.
It begs the question; therefore, how would the party hold the balance of power given its apparent deficit dilemma specifically regarding economic policies? The quality of such policy debate contributions by and from ANUG has been proven less than amateur and mediocre.
ANUG does not seem to have even a basic understanding of economic and policy issues, much less the more complex issues in an increasingly sophisticated, regionally, and globally integrated economy.
Do they have the wherewithal and the capacity to deliver the best quality decisions and policies to the Guyanese people? The answer, so far, is a resounding no.
Political parties, especially the newcomers like ANUG have got to do better in this regard.
Sincerely,
Joel Bhagwandin
