AS the political atmosphere intensifies with General and Regional Elections slated for May 11 this year, known Opposition activist and overseas-based Guyanese businessman, George Correia, is calling on Guyanese to not forget the past, “unless we are willing to surrender our Bibles, Qur’an and Bhagavad Gita.”
Correia, a known television personality and a man who many deemed as an Opposition activist due to his support for the Justice For All Party (JFAP) and his heavy criticisms against the Government, made this statement yesterday in an interview with this newspaper.
According to the businessman, the current Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), is a shield of the “destructive” People’s National Congress (PNC); a party which “drove Guyana’s economy to the ground.”
He said further that apart from the many corrupt practices of the PNC, the Burnham regime was known for its dictatorial tendencies which prevented progress in Guyana and stifled development.
Elements within the party, he contended, are still within the APNU coalition, which remains a risk factor of Guyana treading “dangerous” grounds again, should the APNU regain power.
“The PNC’s slate is one which is not clean. The need to answer to the public, who killed Vincent Teekah and why he was killed; they need to answer who killed Dr. Walter Rodney; who killed Father Darke and who gave Rabbi Washington the opportunity to remain in Guyana and brutalise Guyanese when they searched for flour or sugar,” Correia said in a demanding tone.
Continuing along that line, he posited a rhetorical question about Guyana’s debt when the PNC demitted office, leaving the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to “clean up their mess”.
However, what is worrying, he said, is the fact that the same element which was responsible for driving Guyana’s economic stability to the ground was still within the Party and would be responsible for the same Ministry should APNU win this year’s elections.
Against the backdrop of these economic and social deficiencies under the PNC rule, Correia sought to challenge all Guyanese to not forget what has been done to Guyana by the PNC.
“People say that we should forget the past, but I am only willing to forget the past if we agree to surrender our Bibles, Qur’an and Gita,” the political commentator said.
