Last week I argued that since the transfer of government to the People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) after the March 2020 elections, both it and A Partnership for National Unity+Alliance for Change (APNU+AFC) have been promising constitutional and electoral reforms to prevent a repeat of the allegedly criminal events associated with attempts to manipulate those elections. In considering similar claims that are now being made in the vaunted bastion of democracy, the United States of America, I came upon a few lessons that could be of interest to Guyanese. I surmised that a more formal presidential transition period and legal electoral arrangements such as exist in the USA could enormously benefit the electoral process in Guyana. However, the political nature of Guyana that encourages ethnic entrepreneurship is the main problem, and this will not be solved until the establishment of more inclusive national governance arrangements.
