WPA to push for more...

the APNU+AFC coalition was inclusionary which sees them now as a part of government.

Said Hinds, “the WPA was left out of government by the PPP, which monopolized the governmental space—it selfishly took the reins of government for itself, although others such as the WPA had equally contributed to the return of democratic elections. It was a colossal mistake that Guyana has not recovered from to this day. The oneparty PPP government returned the country to dictatorship in a more decadent form than under the PNC. In the process, the multiracial space built up during the struggle against PNC rule was diminished. The PPP’s deliberate ethnic domination agenda meant that African Guyanese were pushed right back into their ethnic enclave and Indian Guyanese, encouraged to believe that it was time for revenge, similarly retreated to their enclave. In such circumstances the space for a party like the WPA decreased. The party’s multi-racial idealism never appealed to a new generation of Guyanese that was weaned on the politics of ethnic zero-sum.”

“Just as we had to make the hard decision during the PNC days to enter into alliance with one of the big wolves, we had to enter into an alliance with the other one to again stop dictatorship. Alliance with the PNC was difficult given our long history of mutual antagonism. But we felt it was necessary to stop the PPP’s barrage. We did it and we have no regrets. We saved Guyana from being obliterated as a viable democratic country,” he added.