PPP is dynamic in leading fight for working class

Dear Editor,
Over the past three years of this APNU/AFC Coalition Government, numerous challenges to our nation emerged, threatening with full-force the pillars of Guyana’s set development agenda and that of our residents. Characteristically, the coalition has tried to camouflage its poor performance and dictatorship approach with overutilised excuses of blaming the PPP/C for its inefficacies. Our citizens, as the judge and jury, will pronounce upon the coalition’s shallow defences as an absolute measure of lack of delivery, and will take required corrective actions.
The 2018 Local Government Elections (LGE) again afforded citizens across the length and breadth of our land the opportunity to react to the many issues affecting them. Reacted they have, and the results signal a majority disenchantment with the duplicitous approach of the Government. They have provided a sound warning of intolerance to the partisan approach and serious mismanagement by APNU/AFC Coalition, which has brought the abyss much closer than the evasive good life.
Notably, the role of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) is critical in delivering the expressions of the populace. Its key functions have been under serious scrutiny, with many of the Secretariat’s principal actors and procedures being the subject of serious investigation for financial mismanagement and maladministration. Many stakeholders have justifiably criticised the organisation, which still have a lot to accomplish in establishing a transparent balance of its operations.
In the lead-up to the elections, there were far too many issues, including the inconsistencies in the approach of many Returning Officers, which affected the dissemination of required public information that was transferred into the E-Day operations. The expected standard Information Clerks were visibly absent from polling stations; and that would have resulted in absolute mayhem, but for the ‘electronic App’, which allowed persons easy access to information regarding which station they had to attend to vote. Notwithstanding the strong requirement to improve transparency and address issues related to evidence of corruption, the results of the LGE are indeed a revelation for the PPP/C.
The PPP/C, as a collective, has been very dynamic in leading the fight for the working class under the fearless, astute and masterful leadership of Opposition Leader Dr Bharrat Jagdeo. His masterstroke to put a winning structure in place to manage and prevent rigging is highly commendable. Under his rejuvenated stewardship, he has led and walked on the ground in managing a brightened and spirited approach by members and interested stakeholders that certainly provide hope for all Guyana. There is no doubt that this approach significantly contributed to the PPP/C’s massive win at the LGE, and will be central to future considerations of the path of the Party going forward.

Sincerely,
Neil Kumar