APART from the non-surprise announcement of the AFC’s Moses Nagamootoo as Prime Ministerial running mate for the PNC/APNU’s David Granger as Presidential candidate for the settled anti-PPP/C election coalition front, one issue of immediate relevance for discussion would most likely focus on the future role of the Working People’s Alliance (WPA).As a perceived uncomfortable (?) post-Walter Rodney ally of convenience for the PNC, the WPA’s continued role as a partner of APNU would most likely now come under deserving critical scrutiny in an expanded anti-PPP/C electoral front.

Moreso, perhaps, in view of recurring startling information already in the public domain from the quite revealing sessions conducted by the independent high-level Commission of Inquiry headed by Sir Richard Cheltenham. The Commission’s official findings are yet to come.
One could perhaps be gracious in observing that however challenging, intellectually and spiritually, it may have been for the WPA’s Dr Rupert Roopnarine to function as deputy chairman of a PNC-controlled APNU, with ex-GDF Brigadier David Granger as chairman, the political charade cannot be sustained without further diminishing the remnant of political integrity associated with a once glorious people’s movement while Rodney lived.

For his part, the PNC’s leader, Granger, has already publicly declared, in his capacity as APNU’s chairman, to launch the official start of the coming May 11 elections campaign on February 20 to coincide with the birth anniversary of the late PNC founder-leader and former Executive President.

What a political show! How insensitive can some politicians be to the feelings of the Guyanese people – across political boundaries – who had to live with the shame and sufferings resulting from documented electoral fraud and political dictatorship that became a political way of life under the long, suffering era of governance – Burnham style!
We shall return to this issue later. For now we would continue monitoring an apparent orchestrated unfolding political conspiracy amid plenty fanciful talk about democracy and “better governance”.