PNC’s stranglehold on Parliament has ended

Dear Editor,
With 31 seats in the National Assembly, the PNC are at it again; it is their intention to use those seats to frustrate the government of the PPP/C at every available turn.
It is vintage PNC all over again. With nothing constructive to do with their time, they are on a campaign to stir up trouble and prevent all Government projects aimed at developing this country. it is crystal clear now that the PNC are up to no good, they are out to promote and cause a standstill on all Government activities aimed at moving the country forward.
But they are mistaken, as that window of opportunity was locked on March 1st.
That sinister plan came crashing down when the Deputy Speaker of the House was selected. The name of Mr Lenox Shuman was nominated by the Prime Minister, and, by majority vote, Shuman was elected to the position of Deputy Speaker.
At that stage, pandemonium broke loose in the PNC side of the Opposition, when they realised that their homeboy Raphael Trotman was not going to hold that position. The PNC promptly walked out in protest of the selection.
Now, Harmon and friends have to understand certain fundamental facts here: The Deputy Speaker holds a sacred and important position, and equally so when carrying out the functions of the state. We cannot allow a circus of events that characterised the Eleventh Parliament to take root here again. There will be no place for idleness and hooliganism from this point onward.
Secondly, and most importantly, is the fact that the one chosen for Deputy Speaker comes into office untainted by the tribalism and division that is so prevalent in PNC politics. Make no mistake, Mr Shuman is a Guyanese in every sense of the word, and he does not bear allegiance to a foreign power, as others do. We are still grappling with the status of some in the Opposition PNC. Mr Shuman has the inalienable right to high office in this country.
We are here in discussions about active cooperation and inclusive government. The Government is saying we are prepared to work hand-in-hand with those of the progressive thinkers in all of the political parties represented in Parliament, not with those of the rabble-rousing, ghetto-type hooligans that are so pervasive in the PNC Camp. We are destined to move forward with winners and not with sore losers, Guyana must move on the upward trajectory.
I must sound the advice to those in the PNC-led Coalition, that no more would we tolerate retrogression in this 12th Parliament. All forms of backwardness would be foiled and put in the dung heap. Guyana is on the threshold of a bright and prosperous future, and all those bearing the signature stamp of retrogression would be left behind.

Respectfully,
Neil Adams