IAC calls on PPP to give support to New Government

Georgetown: Underscoring its contributions to the struggle for political, economic, social and national development in Guyana, the Indian Arrival Committee called on the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) to give critical support to the APNU+AFC Coalition Government as it seeks to further develop Guyana.

The IAC’s call was issued through a statement yesterday, and was preceded by the IAC declaring its vision that the PPP would always have a role to play in development of Guyana. The IAC therefore advises that the PPP should continue to address its origins, which are steeped in foundations of the rice and sugar industries in particular, and the working people in general.

The IAC statement said the PPP, established in 1950, has throughout its history pioneered and has been in the forefront for development across the country. As a result, IAC members believe that, in 2015, “the PPP should not embark upon a policy of non-cooperation and civil disobedience” following the recently held general and regional elections, but should pursue a policy of offering critical support to the new Administration.

“The IAC believes that the PPP should give critical support to the APNU+AFC Coalition Government for any progressive measure related to those activities, programmes and policies that would achieve national cohesion under the “One Nation” rubric of national development; but opposes any reactionary moves, and criticises all shortcomings” the IAC statement declared.

Accordingly, the IAC called on the PPP to “pursue these initiatives immediately” in an effort to defend the national interest, as defined in terms of independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity against the threat of external interference by Venezuela.

Furthermore, the IAC has said it recognises that at this critical juncture in the history of Guyana, the PPP must take up its thirty-two (32) seats in the National Assembly, and present a united front with the coalition Government against the brazenly immoral claims of “belligerent Venezuela.”

“The IAC urges the PPP to understand that the destabilisation of the APNU+AFC coalition Government by external forces would automatically lead to the demise of the former itself,” the statement concluded.