IT is my humble opinion that there is no longer room for dialogue and compromise when dealing with an opposition that is just consumed with its new-found power and that seeks to abuse that power at every opportunity they get.

The APNU/AFC parliamentary coalition has continued to ignore the rule of law; the Standing Orders of parliament; the rulings of the courts; the will of the people and basic commonsense during parliamentary sittings. We have seen the behaviour of these people who aspire to lead this great land of ours. Senior leaders of both the AFC and APNU continue to act like rude disrespectful children during sittings.
I have witnessed opposition MPs make fun of a person’s disability;I demand our people with disability  take these members to task for such disrespect.
I have witnessed Moses Nagamootoo blatantly attempt to mislead the National Assembly when they were debating the “Former Presidents’ Pension Bill”. Mr. Nagamootoo lied to the house when he told them in the presence of the media that he never voted for the same bill he now opposes while he was a MP in the 9th Parliament. Thanks to our always vigilant Attorney General this lie was quickly exposed, but instead of apologizing, Mr. Nagamootoo stayed quiet while other members of his party tried to deem the Hansard incorrect.
On the issue of Minister of Home Affairs Clement Rohee speaking in parliament, again we have seen an opposition that put personal vendetta and settling of scores above commonsense and the rule of law.
The Hon. Chief Justice Ian Chang in his ruling said, “It is difficult to see how in the face of the doctrine of separation of powers, the Speaker can prohibit a member (particularly an elected member) from speaking or making a presentation in the National Assembly on account of the absence of confidence of the majority of the members of the Assembly in that person qua an executive minister when he sits in the Assembly not qua minister of the government, but qua member of the National Assembly.”
Yet the opposition continues to bully its way in the National Assembly by overturning the ruling of the Chief Justice.
The Speaker of the National Assembly Hon Raphael Trotman even sought the advice of Senior Counsel Rex McKay and Stephen Fraser, who by the way are sympathetic to the opposition parties and these two gentlemen in their legal wisdom determined that there was no legal way that Minister Rohee can be prevented from speaking in the National Assembly; but yet again the opposition continues to defy all that makes sense just to satisfy a personal vendetta.
Finally, when the Speaker made his ruling on the issue he was accused of being a sell-out and even accepting a bribe just because he let wisdom and the rules to prevail. Debra Backer, his Deputy, even overturned his decision and at the last sitting did not allow Minister Rohee to speak, so the drama continues.
I call upon level- headed, fair-thinking Guyanese to speak up on these issues.Do not allow an opposition that is just bent on getting power to trample on our democratic gains, to interrupt our progress or to divide us.
We need to guard against an opposition that would disregard our constitution and even our judicial process to satisfy persons’ egos. Let us resist those that seek to sow seeds of division among our people.