I've noticed this disturbing tendency of some in the Coalition to portray this election as Us Good Guys v. The Evil Racist Coolies.
I will do that until the PPP comes up with an attempt to resolve Guyana's NUMBER ONE problem, which is our ethnic tensions. This is why Guyana is the laughing stock of the Caribbean.
Even today some one was telling me about how every time she goes to Barbados (she married a Bajan) she hears negative comments about Guyana and Guyanese. Note that Bajans used to be the most positively oriented people to Guyana and Guyanese.
BOTH the PNC and the PPP have made a contribution towards our ethnic tensions. BOTH now face a quandary where the fact that no one ethnic group dominates the vote means that victory is best assured with cross ethnic votes.
The PNC recognizes that it must show good faith if it wants to attract some Indian support through a coalition. So it gave Nagamootoo a poison pill. If Moses gets into a tantrum he can quickly bring down the APNU AFC govt. This, rather than pretty rhetoric, or "kumba ya" posturing assures that it will not become a one race dictatorship.
Over to the PPP. What have they don't to force themselves into becoming ethnically inclusive?
What has the PPP done to assuage the angst of African and mixed voters towards them? Clearly selecting token blacks didn't help, so what else do they plan to do?
Are they even admitting that this problem exists. Every year Babu John brings chills down the spine of blacks as they contemplate continued PPP (Indian) rule.
So yes the APNU AFC are the good guys because at least they are trying.
The PPP, rather than attempting to resolve the problem, makes it worse by engaging in race panic. All they have done is heighten the anxieties on BOTH sides.
Any Indian who supports the PPP needs to tell me how sustainable will an Indian dictatorship be in a land where Indians are now a minority group!