Former executive member of the Alliance For Change Gaumatie Singh has endorsed the ruling People’s Progressive Party/Civic over the weekend telling a Port Mourant rally that she has found “honesty and integrity in Donald Ramotar” when compared to the AFC’s current leadership team.
Former executive member of the Alliance For Change Gaumatie Singh
Singh, speaking passionately at the meeting, stated that she found out after the 2006 elections the AFC leadership which she had campaigned with were “deceitful, disrespectful, and dishonest.” She urged all present to vote for the re-election of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, stating that soon after her tragedy and the disrespect shown by her so-called colleagues in the AFC, she had lots of time to study the transformation that has taken place under the ruling party.
“You know what they did to me… I was just one woman who wanted to serve my country… I was attacked and burnt with corrosive acid months after I spoke out against the AFC and their dishonesty,” Singh reported.
She said when work is still to be done by individuals, not even attacks on their lives will stop them from fulfilling their purpose in life. Singh noted that the struggle for development, freedom, women’s rights and equality, as well as the continuation of Dr Cheddi Jagan’s legacy must continue. Hence, she argued that she has found a friend in the PPP/C presidential candidate who has stood by her side through thick and thin.
Singh said Ramotar outclassed Ramjattan and was more worthy than any other person to lead Guyana forward as its next president. “He is a competent and intelligent politician and Guyana needs men and women like this to lead it into greener pastures,” Singh said.
Speaking about her non-selection as an MP for the AFC following the 2006 elections, Singh said the party had apologised to her, and maintained that she was promised a seat. She had complained about the AFC not selecting her as one of its MPs and subsequently quit the party.
“They will never win these elections and they will never get more than two to three seats… It’s not about race and they try to tell people that the PPP/C is only for Indian people, but I differ… the PPP/C is for all people of this country,” Singh argued.
She endorsed the policies and plans of the ruling party as outlined in its 2011 elections manifesto, telling the rally that they must place their x at the logo of the PPP/C.
“My heart, my soul, and all of my energies even down to my last breath will be spent with the PPP/C,” she said in an emotional appeal.
Singh explained that she is proud that the party and its government have significantly worked towards the development of Regions Five and Six improving tremendously the hardship-plagued transportation sector, which has long been a bone of contention.
“You don’t have to stand up at the stelling anymore in long lines,” she noted, because “our government has built a bridge linking the two regions” and connecting Guyana to its neighbours. Singh added that she was not bitter and did not make the choice to join and endorse the PPP/C easily.
