Non-cooperation of political parties unfavourable to development

TIMES INT'L

Dear Editor,

It is most distressing to anyone who is sincere about the balanced development of our nation that those on both sides of the political spectrum continue to carry on the affairs of our country with the misguided approach that they are right in whatever they are engaged in and the other side is wrong. This means that they try their utmost in word and action to discredit all that the other side is proposing or has implemented and as a result working without the benefit of their contribution.

It is must be clear from this that the effect is that at any one time we are actually benefiting from only about 50% of the mental and other resources available whenever we have to implement any project. Is this what the authors of our Constitution intended when they crafted the rules by which we should be governed, i.e. by the cooperative system?

The present administration is hell-bent on proving that the actions and nature of the past one are, and have been totally out of order, while the opposition is resisting any efforts at coming together to utilise our full potential in our affairs.

I expect that their reason for this obduracy is that those presently in power vetoed all they had proposed during their time holding the reins.

I strongly believe that this inflexible approach to our political affairs will keep us mired in under-development until those we have elected to serve us consider first the greater good of our people rather than the narrow-minded and self-serving policy of this self-righteousness and wielding of their authority as if Guyana was their property, and without any apparent consideration for those who are represented by the other side of the house.

I dream of the time when statesmanship will become the prevailing feature of our succeeding administrations, and our politicians will truly work towards gleaning the full potential of our people in their efforts at development.

Sincerely,

Roy Paul

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