Outgoing US envoy urges talks between gov’t, opposition

Sarah-Ann Lynch (US Embassy Facebook page)

`My words of encouragement are: talk, communicate, debate, and listen. You know it’s through conversations that we all grow and we all learn from each other, and political parties, government officials are no different than citizens. It’s important to communicate to talk in order to be successful and grow’

The United States believes that both the government and the opposition want what is best for Guyana and as such they should begin discussions among themselves and include all stakeholders on creating that  path for success, outgoing United States Ambassador Sarah-Ann Lynch says.

“The people of both the government and the opposition want the same; I think they both want the same for the people of Guyana. They both want to see success. They both want people to thrive. I think they want to see a government that provides opportunities for its people, put policies in place that ensure that people can improve their quality of life, I think both want to see a thriving private sector that will create interesting and diverse jobs for the people of Guyana,” Ambassador Lynch told Stabroek News yesterday in an exclusive interview.

Having spent nearly five years here, the American envoy said that civil society plays a key role in the inclusivity process.