Dear Editor,
The letter by Sasenarine Singh of the AFC (SN, February 28), mildly correcting Malcolm Harripaul’s letter on Cheddi Jagan, even offering him a spot in the AFC, is indicative of the common ground both hold in trying to assassinate the character and good name of President Cheddi.
Editor, Mr Singh has the nerve to write about Jagan as if he betrayed Guyana with some kind of connivance while the AFC is pure and lily white. Jagan is the terrible dragon, spouting anti-democratic values in his PPP while the AFC is the lost maiden in distress, when the presidential candidate and all officials in that party are all pre-ordained and hand-picked, with no involvement of the general public. Jagan is the cause of ethnic antagonisms while the AFC is the magic cure for all enmity; Jagan is the terrible communist while the AFC, led by committed communists (former?) who expressed great sympathy for communism when Jagan was alive are now singing a different song; Jagan, after 55 years of honourable service to our nation, will fall from his ‘pedestal’ while the leaders of the AFC with no service to really talk about, and questionable success in the future, should be placed first on Mr Singh’s ‘pedestal.’ He even goes so far as to question the honesty and integrity of President Cheddi in some stone scam, while the AFC’s leadership is so clean and straight even though the scam of holding seats in Parliament, which belonged to the PPP and PNC is never mentioned; nor the scam Morris poll publicized with great fanfare, which overstated by a huge margin the strength of the AFC in the 2006 elections.
Editor, Mr Singh is clearly a mixed-up political novice who is getting carried away with his own fantasies. The AFC is following a path to sure oblivion in the political processes in Guyana, and that Mr Singh is a representative of that party is indicative of the people the AFC inducts and who are spreading false propaganda against President Cheddi, a true son of Guyana. The AFC cannot see the obvious need of the Guyanese people for unity and therefore is against a ‘big tent’ approach, the only way to remove this government; contesting alone will be futile and will bring nothing much to them . As a matter of fact, with the elevation of Mr Granger as the PNCR’s candidate, I doubt if the AFC will get two seats, as many voters will ‘go home’ to the revived PNC. President Cheddi was always for unity and tried many times to forge coalitions, whereas the AFC is dead set against a ‘big tent’ coalition.
Editor, Mr Singh’s analysis of President Cheddi is so inaccurate, just like Mr Harripaul’s, that his nonsense should be publicized by other parties seeking voters who, no matter what, like, respect and admire Dr Jagan, showing the extent of disrespect by the AFC for that great man.
If there was an election tomorrow and Dr Jagan was alive and contesting, Mr Singh and his party, the AFC would lose their deposits and drop out of sight quickly. As a matter of fact, in death, Jagan would get more votes than the AFC if his name was placed on the ballot for this upcoming election, so, Mr Singh can place that piece of information in his clogged pipe and smoke it!
Yours faithfully,
Cheddi (Joey) Jagan (Jr)
