THE Dr. Irfaan Ali administration is weathering the storm and moving ahead with its delivery of better and more progressive livelihoods for all Guyanese.
The administration seems focused on development in every sector with “people” at the centre.

Any independent political analyst would tell the public that the Ali administration has the right policies and plans to further develop Guyana, thereby setting the country along the right development trajectory.
The current administration is so focused on its work programme that the politics played by the A Partnership for National Unity and the Alliance for Change Coalition (APNU+AFC) is not managing to throw it off track and create a paradigm shift in the mood of the people.

Moreso, the politics of the combined Opposition could be described as weak, puerile, stale, humdrum, dry, and opportunistic.
Led by Aubrey Norton, the APNU+AFC Opposition is proving every day that they are going backward and playing a game of catch-up.
Sadly, all of Norton’s cards, in his tightly guarded deck of tricks, are running out. He has tested some and they have been rejected.

It seems the Ali administration somehow knows what to expect from Norton’s brand of politics because not one of his carefully coordinated attacks seems to wound the PPP/C Government and set it back.
Just look, for instance, at how the government averted the conflict that was potentially precarious along the East Coast Demerara.

The government was quick, firm, and direct about its handling of the Golden Grove and Buxton protest, restoring calm and order after the Opposition purportedly did everything it knew to preach its brand of dirty, race-based, and insensitive politics of discrimination. The Opposition lost.

The people rejected them again, and the Ali administration is working in the Opposition base. It is now helping the residents of Buxton and similar communities across the country to access development, goods and services offered by the PPP/C Government, such as scholarships, jobs, housing, and infrastructure.

Similarly, the same thing is happening during the Dr. Ali government outreaches in Region 10, and Region Five. They are successful. The PPP/C party is going into the APNU+AFC strongholds and meeting with residents, bringing them the same opportunities it is offering to all Guyanese.

This brand of politics is new and good because it is bringing the country under President Irfaan Ali’s One Guyana umbrella.
Nonetheless, it is humiliating Norton and sending the Opposition propaganda, which is already spent, into overdrive. Just check Facebook and Nation-Watch for an example.

After all, Norton’s PNC/APNU+AFC Coalition has the mindset that the Afro-Guyanese and mixed Guyanese are their constituencies; they own and control them, but that is proving false.
These groups, like much of Guyana, are starting to change their mindset with the advent of social and free media. They are now better equipped than ever before to look at the issue and policies on one hand while rejecting race-baiting on the other. The mood of the people is changing and changing fast!

Also, the Opposition, APNU+AFC politicians are losing every battle they face in the National Assembly. They are losing every motion they pilot and every debate.
Norton cannot get the parliamentarians to gel, resulting in them delivering some of the most unacademic and unrealistic arguments in the history of the National Assembly.

While Norton is struggling to keep his head above the shore, the PPP/C administration is getting its work done in Parliament.
Its legislative agenda, bills, and motions are being passed but not before its parliamentarians are rejecting the arguments put forward by the APNU+AFC coalition- using facts.

The bottom line is clear, the Dr. Ali administration is winning the political and parliamentary race to develop Guyana.
It is winning the race when it comes to ethnic politics because of how the PPP administration is providing access, transparency, and inclusiveness regardless of Opposition banters and cries.

Unless Norton pulls his socks up and gets back in the struggle, he will always be caught unprepared. He needs to change his brand of politics now and his image.
Additionally, his team of politicians needs to stop preaching the politics of race and discrimination and start focusing their energy on fighting for the PPP/C administration to do more for Guyanese.

He must tell his parliamentarians to meet the people and understand their issues. They must not talk to the people but with the people because the mood of the people has changed. Norton has the cards in his hands and the time to fiddle with his thumbs.
While he decides how to move forward, the AFC has already decided it will ditch the partnership of convenience. Almost two years and Ali has Norton’s Opposition beaten, battered, and tired.