IT seems as if the PPP is determined to bully the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairman, Dr Steve Surujbally into resigning from GECOM, before the party signals any positive involvement in local government elections. The PPP really believes that it can muscle its way back into GECOM by making all sorts of outlandish claims in an attempt to appear righteous.

This same PPP, when the former Chief Election Officer (CEO) Mr Gocool Boodhoo was found to have changed a formula which resulted in the PPP gaining an extra seat in Parliament, did not cite the profound incompetence of the then CEO and clamour for his resignation. Actually, when his contract was subsequently not renewed there was a groundswell of support for Mr. Boodhoo from known PPP apparatchiks. Mr Boodhoo was even offered a consultancy contract in a ministry under the then PPP-led administration.
The PPP can demand the resignation of Dr Surujbally until it is green in the face, that will not happen unless he decides it is time for him to go.
Forty nine percent of the Guyanese people voted for the PPP at the 2015 General and Regional Elections. The PPP owe it to their supporters to carry on with the business of representing their interests. Instead of dedicating its energies towards vain attempts in removing a constitutionally appointed professional who has consistently performed at the highest standards of his career, the PPP’s leadership should focus on regrouping and re-inventing itself so the party can remain relevant.
If the PPP refuses to take part in local government elections by virtue of its dislike for the GECOM Chairman, because of some misguidedly perceived suspicion that somehow he had something to do with their current political situation, then I am afraid its supporters will become even more jaded with the obvious lack of leadership and direction the party’s hierarchy is currently displaying.
Political parties lose elections all over the world. Why can’t the PPP accept the fact that a majority of the Guyanese people voted for change?

K. WILLIAMS