July 30-2010:
A National Coalition Of Political Parties-Could This Ever Be Realized In Guyana?
I think not, for the following reasons.
* Guyana has a history steeped in political and ethnic division. Fueled by individuals who used the two primary ethnic groups (Blacks and Indians), to further their political agenda.
* Blacks are the descendents of former slaves, who were brought to Guyana to work the Sugar Plantations. The East indians were brought to Guyana as Indentured or Contracted workers. With the option to return to India when the contract expired.
* Therefore, Blacks in Guyana feel deeply that our ancestral slavery contributions have given us the birthright to be the group that should govern this land.
Furthermore, when the PNC under LFS Burnham attained political prominence, it was seen by most Blacks as the time to celebrate this long overdue political and social emancipation. But we subsequently realized that our own leadership became our new task masters.
This legacy has come to haunt us now, and will be the stumbling block to overcome politically, for a very long time in Guyana.
Derryck.
NYC.
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