THE People’s Progressive Party extends greetings to all Guyanese on the occasion of Arrival Day 2012. Guyana today is a rich and colorful tapestry of ethnic groups welded together as a single nation, without each losing its distinctiveness. All Guyanese of all ethnic groups have contributed to this multiculturalism.
This rich cultural diversity emerged from a painful and dehumanizing system of colonialism. The freedoms and development that we enjoy today did not come easy.  Our ancestors faced the most arduous and formidable odds as they confronted the terrors of settlement, slavery and indentureship. The challenges were many; but through sheer courage and sustained toil, our fore-parents laid the foundation for a free Guyana.
Today, we recall with gratitude the epic struggles of our fore-parents for national liberation and for the restoration of democracy. Today, we have the opportunity to build on their sacrifices as we move our country forward towards greater political, social and economic progress.
However, the progress that we have made must never be taken for granted. Our history has demonstrated that when we allow ourselves to be divided, when narrow and selfish interests supersede the common good, we endanger our liberties and our hard-earned development.
On this Arrival Day, the People’s Progressive Party urges all Guyanese to zealously safeguard their future from those who wish to set-back the development of Guyana.
We have an obligation to our fore-parents to ensure that their sacrifices were not in vain. We have a duty to persevere, so as to eliminate the remnants of poverty and carve out a more equal and just society, while enlarging our economy and improving the delivery of public good and services.
Happy Arrival Day!