Peace, progress and prosperity is all we ask

Dear Editor,
Have you ever studied the true meaning of “The PPP” party, or did anyone take the time to go into detailed research of the party?
Well, I did, and I came up with some startling results. For starters, the name of the party speaks to the fact that it is a people’s party, a grassroots movement that gained the momentum and attraction of all the people of this country. When people become the central focus of one party, a natural sequence of events would follow: people would gravitate to the party that addresses their concerns.
Another fundamental fact is that the PPP is a progressive party. Every time that party held power, progressive results followed, and people are blessed with that prosperity. It then behooves us to know that popular support for that progressive movement would follow. This is the party that Dr Cheddi Bharrat Jagan built: a force for goodwill, a party of prosperity, of and for the people of this great country; nothing can stop that momentum.
Now, Burnham, in his rabid quest for power, formed his own party, the PNC; and, from the get-go, he launched a scathing attack on the PPP, condemning its leader as that barefoot country boy who was racially divisive of the population, when the fact is that he was the one who sought to divide and rule by strategy.
Instead of laying out a plan that might supersede Dr Jagan’s policies, he was busily engaged in castigating the man. Burnham called Cheddi all the names in the book. The negative remarks did not, in any way, stop the groundswell of support for the PPP; because, the more he berated Cheddi, the more the people stuck to him.
This was definitely the breaking point for Burnham. He had to resort to Plan B, violence! From that time onwards, he sustained a campaign of violence that came in two forms: (a) Rigging, to stay in power; a signature statement of the party, and (b) Naked aggression. Before and after every rigged election, he would marshal his thugs on to the streets, threatening, burning, and looting the properties of persons whom they claimed to be supporters of the PPP. This intimidation went on for decades, wherein the population was held in fear of the wrath of “The Kabaka.” That is the way we were.
Now, this sort of authoritarianism could not last, because onlookers were sure to ask searching questions to which the PNC had no answers. And thus, the era of enlightenment came to dawn on this nation, especially those in the Black Community, who crossed over to support the PPP/C.
The last local government elections gave the PNC a huge shakeup, when hardcore supporters of Burnham’s party made that giant leap forward and crossed over the racial and political divide. The shocker came later when more Blacks came forward. In fact, as we speak, other notable figures are already coming forward to lend support to the PPP party.
Now, the people, all peoples: Black, Indian, Amerindian, Douglas, Mixed, are all finding their way back to that party that has as its core the principles of peace, progress and prosperity for all of us.
Like as they have done in previous years, the PNC are at it again; that is, the name calling: “Soup drinker, House Slave, and Judas”. While this might have intimidated the people in times past, persons wishing to join the PPP party are bolder now, as the situation have now changed.
Persons have long gone past the rhetoric, and are taking their place to move this country forward. “One Guyana” is our theme today.
Respectfully,
Neil Adams