Dear Editor,
I wish to applaud B. Singh for his brilliant suggestion of July 11 in SN (‘Ashni Singh for President’) as to who should succeed President Bharat Jagdeo when he relinquishes the presidency come the next general elections.
Indeed, the interest of the Guyanese people must be paramount and understood at its fullest when the PPP convenes for its upcoming congress. No doubt, there are many well-qualified candidates, including some who have provided donkey’s years of service and dedication to the party and the country at large. But the country needs someone whose academic and political credentials command total respect from both sides of the aisle in Parliament, and who can provide that much-needed breath of fresh air as the country continues on a course of progress after so many difficult years.
Dr Ashni Singh possesses the wherewithal – academic, political, and charismatic, to fill the shoes President Jagdeo is expected to leave vacant. He has proved beyond a shadow of doubt, in his relatively short tenure as Minister of Finance, how energetic he can be. And coming to the national scene as a technocrat, he has established an unassailable reputation as an indefatigable, no-nonsense workhorse, dedicated to the task of improving the lot of the Guyanese people. And he has no baggage; he’s clean as a whistle.
I, one of so many who jumped ship may years ago to seek outside greener pastures, am all packed up and ready to head back home to be there to contribute to, and witness, the country’s successful resurgence from too many years of hardship. I know that countless others are considering doing the same, and feel confident that the clearly improved security atmosphere in the country and Dr Ashni Singh’s leadership will instil confidence among the faint-hearted and that the repatriation levels will soar over time.
I hope that the PPP will do the right thing and choose Dr Ashni Singh as its standard bearer for the next elections and beyond.
Yours faithfully,
Abel Peters
