Dear Editor,
I am on record here cautioning Norton that he would supervise the destruction of himself and his party. And this all has to do with his leadership style, or gross lack thereof.
The stark reality is that Norton would not dissociate himself from the PNC’s abominable past; instead, he embraces it, and this has had a deleterious effect on everything he says or does.
Norton prides himself as a Burnhamite makeover who thinks he can bully his way through any situation. Well, that might have worked for Burnham, but in the new dispensation of things, that will not work; not within his party nor for the wider Guyanese society.
Right from the very start, Norton came out like a battering ram as he strongarmed his way through. The sure signs saw the moving away of the top brass of the PNC, leaving the crazy dictator to self-destruct.
The party began to crumble from within as supporters – some of them longstanding members of the party – began the exodus away from his midst. So, what took place on Nomination Day was the clear indication that people were not going to put up with those archaic, backward values any longer. Down with party loyalty, and up with progress of the country!
So, as the LGE draws closer, I can assure Norton that the number of defections would get bigger and bigger.
What is even more distressing is the lowdown, demeaning fashion in which Norton goes about humiliating the crossovers, which is another one of those outright nasty PNC strategies that party members resurrect when their backs are against the wall. If Norton thinks these tactics will work, I can tell him they would not, because the more he drags those former PNC supporters through the mud, the more repulsive he appears in the eyes of the Guyanese people. The more he speaks about them in disparaging terms, the more the wider populace would abhor him.
I guess that by now Norton would realize the folly of his ways in lending support to fringe elements. Those have brought him the ultimate ruin of his career. It is all due to their own handiwork; that is: the breaking up of their own party brick by brick. They have spread the idea of violence, racism and division far and wide, and now they are reaping the horrible rewards of that retrograde move.
So, while they sow seeds of discord, we in the PPP/C are building on the sure foundation of hope, peace, and prosperity.
Respectfully,
Neil Adams
