MANY persons in the civic component of the PPP/C joined the partnership because it is recognised that the PPP is an all-inclusive party in whIch all members are treated as part of an extended family, with one ultimate goal – to achieve national peace, progress and prosperity in a democratic society.
Inclusivity is the very foundation of the guiding principles of the party because, paramount to every endeavour of the PPP, one enduring reality prevails, which is that ours is a nation of a tapestry of several ethnicities and cultures, all contributing richly to the national whole; the strength of the party resides in the recognition and acceptance, and even the celebration of this fact.
The civic component of the PPP/C partnership is not a political strategy but a genuine consociation between non-political social activists and the political party that has piloted the struggle for democracy in Guyana. The PPP has, since its conception and formation, demonstrated its commitment to inclusivity and equity for all in its goals for Guyana’s independence and development.
However, the reverberations of the European plantocracy’s ‘divide and conquer’ strategy to control the Guyanese workforce still impacts this nation, to the point where suspicion of each other continues to impede the achievement of the full potential for developmental growth in the country.
The PPP/C leadership never appeals to one race in preference to another; but calls upon every Guyanese citizen, as it has always done, to come together and defeat the forces that are destroying the unity of working-class Guyanese and their survival systems.
Taking into consideration the Coalition’s utterances and actions, one cannot doubt the veracity of reports, and a public perception, of a coalition-sponsored team of propagandists who are sustaining a smear campaign against the PPP/C leadership through letters to the media, perpetuating the allegations of racist utterances and actions, as well as fraud and corrupt practices, constantly regurgitated by well-known public figures, that are carefully designed to feed that campaign on the principle that lies eventually become entrenched in public fora if told often enough.
Although the governing party constantly challenges the perpetrators of these vile allegations to engage in a public debate at a forum of their choice, it is obvious that it is not in their interest to engage in any debate that will expose their allegations as well-crafted untruths, engineered to deflect public attention from the very authentic stories and reality of their own divisive, corrupt and destructive practices during the approximately five years they have been presiding over this country’s affairs.
Working together for a better Guyana is the mantra of the PPP/C, which welcomes even their detractors to be a part of a partnership fostered by a party that forever holds out a hand in friendship to every Guyanese, without consideration of race, class or creed.
