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Mar 03, 2011 Letters
Dear Editor,
I must ask if the writer of the letter in Kaieteur News of March 1, 2011 titled, “The true nature of the PPP”, even realises the ignorance of what he wrote. Burnham was a dictator whose party and support grouping were largely African-based.
The section of the population that did not support the policies of the Burnham Administration was disregarded.
Realising and believing in the power of unity, Jagan reached out to Burnham, in order to end the oppression against PPP supporters and other poor Guyanese.
Jagan’s ‘support’ for the PNC was merely a means of ending racial oppression and marginalisation in Guyana. Jagan’s so called alliance with the Burnham regime was solely for the purpose of national unity.
While in and out of government, the PPP adopted an alliance policy, to work with other parties. The aims of this policy as taken from Jagan’s “The West on Trial” were as follows:
(1) Intensify the multi-racial character of the PPP, as in the1950-1953 period through the struggle against all forms of racial discrimination….. (2) Work with other parties, mass organisations and individuals to build multi-racial alliance.
The PPP proposed a coalition government to the PNC in order to effectuate racial and social unity of the working people. Nonetheless, the PNC refused to ally with the PPP after the PPP won in 1957 and 1961. The PNC also rejected the PPP’s appeal for a National Patriotic Front Government in 1976.
Clearly, this writer has manipulated and misrepresented the facts of the PPP ‘support’ for the PNC.
If this is not the case, and only ignorance is to blame for his mistake, then I would be doing society a grave disservice by not advising him to simply read and get his facts in order.
I repeat; the PPP reached out to the PNC during that period only in the name of national unity and a better Guyana for all Guyanese.
Further, the writer made mention of the crime wave of the early 1990s. This crime wave began while the PNC was still in power, and subsequently, continued into the 1990s. It especially escalated during and after the 1992 free and fair election when the PNC lost to the PPP.
Former President Hoyte was not a graceful loser. His “slow fire mo’ fire” antics in 2001 led demonstrators through the streets in violent protests.
It must be stated that the crime wave was induced by the PNC to create destabilisation in this country and ultimately, to set back the democratic process.
National unity is a critical component of development for any multiethnic society. Unfortunately, our history has been one of ethnic divide. Nonetheless, our past is not our future, and it is the people that will determine where we go from here.
Rachael Bakker
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