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Nov 27, 2015 Editorial, Features / Columnists
The general sentiment of the political situation in Guyana is that the former administration failed the nation for the last fifteen years. This failure created a vacuum in the politics of Guyana. Almost 50 per cent of the electorate voted for the PPP in the last election. Many have since expressed the view that they would not vote for the PPP in the next election.
But it is rather ironic that those who took that approach have also articulated that they would not vote for the APNU+AFC coalition either.
Whether some of the people stay away from the polls in the next election does not matter, because politicians of all stripes have one common trait; that is they will only act in their own interest. That said, this is the time for everyone to get involved in the political process so as to ensure that their interests are taken care of as well.
Almost everyone has heard the expressions: ‘Berbice is PPP country’ and ‘Linden is PNC town’. Possibly true, but Berbice became the PPP country and Linden the PNC town simply because too many have refused to take part in the electoral process in the past and have left the future of the country in the hands of a few individuals who have taken care of their own interests.
The people should understand that their role is to hold the politicians accountable or else they would grow the economy and create jobs only if they think they need to. The government has to pay more attention to the needs of all the people and not only those who supported it. In spite of the arrogance, abusive, vulgar and corrupt practices of the former administration, it lost the election by only 4,800 votes. Its support base remains firmly intact.
For this to change, the government has to operate in a more transparent and upright way. It ought to realize that it cannot operate in the same way as the PPP if its goal is to win the next election. The government must engage the youths and take a page out of Mayor Hamilton Green’s book —mobilize the people as the Mayor has done over the years.
Quite frankly, Mayor Green went through some of the most difficult times during the last 15 years of PPP rule. The PPP leaders did not only ridicule him and starve the city of funds, but also held the city hostage, and allowed garbage to pile up all over it.
Mayor Green is not a political dunce; he was very clever to recognize that Jagdeo and the PPP were vindictive and did not care about the city. They saw it as a PNC stronghold. But Mayor Green was patient and he has stayed the course, knowing full well that the end of the PPP reign would come sooner rather than later.
Since the defeat of the PPP six months ago, Georgetown is well on its way to not being considered the garbage city; it has to a great extent recaptured its image as the Garden City it once used to be. Today, despite his age, Mayor Green has once again displayed his leadership skills by organizing some 50 community groups to clean up and beautify Georgetown.
He has endured some of the most vicious attacks against him by the PPP, but he did not throw in the towel, which he could have easily done. Schooled in the political tradition of the late Forbes Burnham, Hamilton Green is not only a skilled and experienced politician, but also a practical lawmaker. He is a courageous Mayor who has defied the odds.
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