The single issue over which all Guyanese, and more so all opposition supporters, should unite and forcefully and immediately seek to remove is the constitutional provision that gives the presidency and its not inconsiderable trappings to the party with the largest plurality, and makes it possible for someone to become the president even if his party secures less than 20% of the votes at a general election. From a democratic standpoint, this provision cannot be defended in a bi-communal society such as ours and had it not existed, the kind of minority travesty we have today could not have occurred. Both APNU and the AFC are committed to constitutional change, APNU more radical change than the AFC, but for both the removal of the constitutional plurality principle would be appropriate.
Anyone vaguely associated with Guyanese political history knows of the amount of man hours and material the PPP has expended extolling the virtues of majority rule. However, in sheer desperation the party has now abandoned another of its historic postures in favour of constitutionalism in a manner