Campaigning for much overdue local government elections should NOT be

confused with rebellion and lawlessness. Yet this seems to be at the core of the political mischief being spawned in the Kwakwani community by opposition political elements of APNU and the AFC.
This brand of politicking is being pursued in opposition to the creation of Interim Management Councils (IMCs) that have been replacing various Neighbourhood Democratic Councils (NDCs) pending completion of arrangements for nation-wide local government elections
Just recently, in response to misrepresentations and distortions emanating from the APNU/PNCR leader, David Granger, Local Government Minister Norman Whittaker provided details to counter the propaganda that the IMCs were being established to undermine governance mechanisms in opposition constituencies.
On the contrary, on the basis of the data provided by Minister Whittaker for the 29 functioning IMCs in eight of the 10 administrative regions of Guyana, the APNU/AFC opposition would be hard pressed to justify with credibility their claims and stand exposed in stirring passions for narrow, divisive political objectives.
What the APNU/AFC opposition politics have spawned in the Kwakwani  community, following the crisis engineered in Linden, is to foster conditions for illegality to make  a mockery of legality with  an expediently ‘elected committee’ being misled into thinking it could compel recognition from a legitimate central government  and the  bypassing of  a lawful IMC established for that area.
Just think of the dangerous precedent such deceptive politics could create for local government management in the 10 administrative regions pending the conduct of nation-wide local government elections. Such a development would be to open the proverbial “pandora’s box” and make a farce of democratic governance in a law and order environment.
Official recognition of a rebellious group of “councillors” in Kwakwani would be to walk with eyes wide open into the political trap of a combined parliamentary opposition desperately anxious to misuse a one-seat majority to grab state power.
The Kwakwani local government development  is simply NOT  an example to be embraced. Those who cannot responsibly manage a one-seat majority must learn to wait for the verdict of the national electorate at new parliamentary elections.