Guyana Observer News

The Alliance For Change in its latest ‘fact sheet’, says that the manner in which the ruling administration is using the State media is tampering with Guyana’s democracy whilst fomenting ethnic division. According to the party, the relationship between any two major ethnic groups sharing the same space is inherently fragile, and is particularly vulnerable to any effort aimed at increasing the levels of mistrust that will always exist within such an arrangement. “We have noted the recent attempts by the State media to cause division within the AFC by suggesting the existence of two opposing factions within the party…The gist of the story is that these factions are lined up behind Raphael Trotman (Leader) and Khemraj Ramjattan (Chairman) respectively, and that they themselves are engaged in a leadership battle and are going around behind each others’ backs seeking alliances with the PNC and the PPP respectively.” According to the party, the story is clearly consistent with the, ‘illogical political polarization of Afro and Indo Guyanese from which the PPP has benefited at previous elections.” The AFC states that while not explicitly promoting division along ethnic lines, such action clearly plays on the element of mistrust.