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Monday, October 31st 2005
Dear Editor,
I do hope that the new thinking and the new way of doing things promised by the Alliance for Change will, at all times and in all places, seek to espouse the paramountcy of Guyana over and above the paramountcy of the party, be it the PNC/R or PPP/C. We ought to remember that parliamentarians have sworn allegiance to the Para-mountcy of the Constitution of Guyana and this must supersede and override the narrower concept of the paramountcy of the party.
Messrs. Khemraj Ramjattan and Raphael Trotman, please do not give up your seats in The National Assembly. You must retain your seats so that you may continue to serve all Guyana in the highest decision making forum, where decisions that affect the lives of all Guyanese, even the unborn are made. By doing so you will have demonstrated that you have placed service to Guyana and all Guyanese over and above the paramountcy of the party thus giving us reason to hope for improved social conditions and brighter futures.
The old way of thinking (for example, the paramountcy of the party, democratic centralism, benevolent dictatorship, etc) which has gotten us into our present economic, political and social predicaments, has never served Guyana and Guyanese well.
The quality of life in Guyana is, inevitably, affected by the moral character of our political institutions. If the system of national governance is dealing unjustly, with some of its citizens, they are not the only ones to suffer. The quality of life for all Guyanese is degraded (today's reality). A system of national governance that privileges some citizens over others is giving the 'privileged citizens" a corrupted view of democracy even if it gives them a social or economic advantage.
You, Sirs, have had the courage to take up the mantle of Guyanese leadership and have affected a change to a higher and more sophisticated type or level of thinking - from the traditional either/or (e.g. democratic centralism) with its inherent limitations to the more encompassing and futuristic both/and. The former tends to be divisive and to exclude new thinking and new ideas. This is undemocratic. The latter is more inclusive and synergistic. It encourages new thinking, new ideas and as a consequence is far more enduring and democratic - all Guyanese are important.
We have to realize that running a national government is a country's biggest business. No other organization in that country handles the vast sums of money the national government does. The manner in which this business is run affects every other business within the country. It is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for institutions and organizations to be truly effective if the system of national governance is ineffective.
Climb every mountain, "young Sirs". Encourage all Guyanese to put Guyana first and always. The only question we need to ask is: "What is best (using public criteria) for Guyana?" The answer is: "Support Change" "Support the Alliance for Change"
Yours faithfully,
(name and address supplied)
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