I WANT to congratulate the PPP/C on the launching of its 2015 elections campaign. I’m sure that as the political parties contesting the elections begin their countrywide campaign, the Guyanese people will have the opportunity to hear and see for themselves which party is best suitable to run the affairs of the country in the best interest of all Guyanese. There will be a smear campaign by the Opposition coalition, the camouflage APNU+AFC, to buy votes as to gain power. The coalition’s empty promises that they bring to the campaign is nothing new to the people, and has no bases. Condemning the massive progress made by the PPP/C Government, and not being able show to the Guyanese people how they intend to deliver on their promises is like giving them basket to fetch water.

Well, the Guyanese people went down that road before under the PNC. Guyanese have suffered decades of injustice under the same PNC regime which is now trying to paint its face a different colour, but the distinguishing marks are still visible on all of them.
David Granger needs to come clean with the Guyanese people; Guyana needs a leader with integrity; and if Mr. Granger, at the bottom of his toes, believes that he has any of that, then he should be man enough to submit himself and testify to the Walter Rodney COI. But Mr. Granger knows that doing so will open a can of worms and derail any chances of his becoming Guyana`s next president. I don`t think anyone needs to be reminded that it was Mr. Granger who was in control of the Army when Guyanese people were deprived of free and fair elections. It was under Granger that Army weapons disappeared and ended up in the hands of PNC thugs; and it was under the same Mr. Granger`s watch that the Army was sent to seize ballot boxes and destroy them, and then produce fake boxes with fictitious ballots all in favour of the same PNC that Mr. Granger is now the presidential candidate of.
Guyana and Guyanese have come a long way, and do not need to backpedal. As the campaign picks up steam and the heat emanating from the PPP/C melts away the masks from the faces of APNU+AFC, the people will see that it`s the same old PNC who wants to be at the controls and take Guyana back to the old days.
Let`s not fall for the fake promises; we must preserve what we have, and remember, “A bird in hand is worth millions in the bush”.
SURESH SILAS