In a letter [ please note: link provided by LOSP web site ] ---Dhanpaul Mangru says, “The PPP has to take responsibility for the state of the country,” and his arguments come straight out of the anti-PPP manual that so many supporters of ROAR reproduce. For example, his main point is that PPP did not protect Indians during the post elections period.

The PPP government is not shying away from responsibility on solving the problems of this country. The incumbent government was democratically elected to govern this country and it intends to do so. The PPP has never abdicated its responsibilities and shall never do so; neither will that party use the working class for opportunistic gains.

All that Roar has given the Guyanese people are broken promises and intellectual unworkable solutions. They promised to create jobs for Guyanese using information technology. Where are the jobs? They promised to take action to defend Indians. Where is the defense?

Dev’s push for federalism based on ethnic demographics will push this country down the road to civil war and entrench further division. He wants the country to be divided into four republics: Demerara, Berbice, Essequibo and Rupununi. Since Indians have the majority in all but Rupununi, we will have an Indian dominated confederation with Amerindians holding the majority in the hinterland and Blacks being left totally out in the cold. This is what Roar and Mangru mean when they speak about protection of Indians.

I ask all those who bow to Roar’s mantra to ask them what were the alternatives open to the PPP during the post-election period. We had a political problem and it had to be solved primarily by political means. And this was done. When the history of this country is written-long after Mangru and I are gone from this world the name of Bharrat Jagdeo will be immortalised like the Saints in heaven.

Nobody has given this young man the credit he deserves. He saved this country from civil war and instead all he gets in return are unwarranted criticism and abuse.

It was very easy for Ravi Dev to go on television and tell Indians to stand up and defend themselves. What he did not tell them was stand up and do what, or how exactly to defend him or herself. Talk is cheap.

President Bharrat Jagdeo refused to take this country down the road to civil war. He opted for dialogue. For that he is seen as catapulting to the opposition. Well history will vindicate him. This brave and courageous young man needs to be given support. Bharrat Jagdeo took the responsibility. He said to Guyana, I will show you what responsibility for a nation means.

Taking responsibility and casting blame are too different things, which Mangru fails to grasp. You cannot solve problems if you do not know their causes. It is like trying to drive a car without fuel by forgetting that it runs on petrol. Taking responsibility involves analysing causative factors.

The PPP takes responsibility for the future of this country, but it is aware of the reasons for our difficulties and how best to address them. We live in a world where people want quick fixes. Sorry folks the road to development is no fast food joint.

BALRAM CHAITLALL