THE Opposition has embarked on a frantic and desperate campaign to create an impression that since the prorogation of Parliament by the President, Guyana has descended into dictatorship.

Well nothing could be more bizarre than such a blatant distortion of reality which seems to be the trademark of the Opposition in their futile attempts to hoodwink the Guyanese people.
They have not succeeded to do so in the past and will not succeed in the current situation. What they would certainly succeed in doing is revealing to the Guyanese people their true treacherous nature.
Like the President correctly took pains to point out that prorogation has not given him new powers. All that has happened is that the Parliament has been temporarily suspended. But more importantly the President has explained that he took such a decision to pave the way for dialogue, which many have been clamouring for, but strangely have categorically rejected, while others have remained mysteriously silent.
Instead of trying to hoodwink and mislead the Guyanese people into believing that we now have a dictatorship, the Opposition should let them know in no uncertain terms that had it not been for the no-confidence motion, the President would not have had to take such a step. The AFC, which tabled the motion, in particular should explain that to the people.
But the Opposition has chosen the prorogation as the Trojan Horse to incite chaos and confusion to stall development.
One speaker at the Opposition rally at the Square of the Revolution last Friday spoke in revolutionary rhetoric about “building an ocean of resistance” as if he was talking during the days when he had to flee for his life from PNC thugs; when political opponents of that regime were killed and subjected to all forms of harassment; when press freedom and human rights were flagrantly violated, when the PNC flag was flown over the courts; when journalists lost their jobs when they did not toe the political line of the PNC, etc.
Perhaps he is suffering from selective amnesia or he is experiencing hallucinations and is therefore haunted by the “jumbie” of the past.
Any decent Opposition which puts country first would have certainly seized the opening by the President to engage in dialogue in the interest of development and progress.
Unfortunately we do not have such an Opposition in this dear land of ours.