ONCE again the main opposition PNCR has opted to act in a manner that is inconsistent with the national sentiment and the interest of a significant section of our society. PNCR leader Robert Corbin’s decision to boycott the official launch of the International Year for People of African Descent speaks volumes on the party’s position on this very important observance.

Despite being unhappy with government’s handling of the planning and organising of this event, Corbin and the PNCR cabal should have been mature and farsighted enough to understand the importance of this launch, and participate in the activities, regardless of personal sentiment.

Instead, the PNCR has chosen to politicize this activity in an effort to gain much needed political mileage. Sadly, their non-participation can only serve to be counterproductive since all Guyanese will see that the PNCR is still unable to rise above politics in the interest of the people.