I attended a meeting organised by the PNCR at the Skeldon High School on Sunday January 16 and was surprised to see that only a few dozen people came out to hear what the party’s five presidential hopefuls had to say. With national elections just months away, and this being the main opposition party, this is definitely not encouraging.

Also disappointing was the fact that no innovative plan was put forward by any of the candidates to move Guyana further up the road of development. In addressing this issue, the response from the five was basically the same old rhetoric about job creation and inclusiveness, without mapping out how this can actually be achieved.

If the PNCR is to improve its performance at the upcoming elections, vision and innovativeness are needed in their approach to mapping out a national development plan. Sadly, from all indications, this seems to be unattainable. Same old story..