IF there’s no future in this country for hard-working people as M. Maxwell posited in his Tuesday August 23rd letter, published in the Kaieteur News, then this AFC propagandist should lead the way and be the first to ‘run’ as far as he can away from this country. But then again, is there any space politically for a party which substitutes solid political groundwork for a few newspaper ads, regular visits to the US State Department, bombardment of the letter pages of the local dailies with ‘Maxwellite’ reasoning, the occasional parliamentary walk out, a few three-man protests here and there and the odd outlandish press statement in an effort to remain relevant? My answer is no.
And while Maxwell spoke glowingly of investments in neighbouring Suriname, he conveniently ignored the Amaila Falls Hydro-project, the housing boom, expansions in the banking industry, Enmore Packaging Plant, among many others, which have/will either provided substantial employment or is testimony to a demonstration of confidence in the soundness of Guyana’s economy.
A soundness which was absent before the PPP/C came back to political office in 1992. This ‘vast underclass of the unemployed’ Maxwell referred to is all but a figment of his imagination. Guyanese have gotten used to the AFC’s rehashing of washed-up political rhetoric to make up for its lack of realistic ideas to take Guyana forward.
I also wish to ask what good is Maxwell doing for his country and political bosses when he proffers as advice to the unemployed, “run as far as you can away from this country”?

What if,  by some stretch of one’s imagination, his advice is taken and the AFC is successful at general elections; how would his party be able to fill the void created by this self-induced flight of workers? Or is this an indication that the AFC is contented in its belief that they will never win an election in Guyana?