A NATION’S leaders need to represent their constituency at every forum for struggle; and Parliament provides the best environment for lobbying for the rights of citizens.It is therefore incumbent upon the PPP/Civic to name their proposed Members of Parliament as early as possible, and to take their respective seats in Guyana’s august National Assembly upon resumption of sittings.
If the Tenth Parliament heralded a new dispensation in the body politic of the nation, then the Eleventh Parliament presents more of a challenge for the embattled PPP/C.
The Granger administration has, however, promised inclusionary governance to move the country forward. In any event, the Coalition holds parliamentary majority, and does not need the current Opposition’s sanctions, for or against, to influence its decision-making processes.
The nation waits with bated breath as events unfold, with the expectation that political maturity will prevail, and all parties would work together for the common good.
Guyana has much potential for expanded and incremental social development and continued economic growth. However, this nation’s developmental paradigm could be severely impeded if the egoistic trends of leadership supersede the wellbeing, and restricts addressing with adequacy the needs of the nation.
The welfare of the people should always take precedence before any other consideration; and this imperative should be the driving force behind Guyana’s developmental impetus, which is currently on an upward trajectory.
For this growth pattern to sustain, however, the leaders of the nation need to reach consensual positions and make decisions, based not on one-upmanship and maximum positions, but on developmental formulas that would redound to the benefit of all Guyana.