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enjoyed the African vote, but did nothing of significan­ce to empower Africans, except to a certain extent during the period under Forbes Burnham. The liberation of African Guyanese can never be realized under the middle-class Anglophile­s that currently constitute the leadership of the PNCR. They are not up to the task of initiating radical and revolution­ary transforma­tion that would put political and economic power in the hands of the people. Likewise, the PPP, historical­ly, has always enjoyed the Indian vote, while in fact, after decades of political power they only ever empowered a minority of wealthy Indians, while the vast majority of Indians remain in poverty.

Come 2020, Guyanese, especially the youth, irrespecti­ve of their race, need to take a bold step for real liberation and identify with the Panther. This would give a rude awakening to all those political formations who have taken the Guyanese people for granted for so long. If we were to have the opportunit­y to govern Guyana, we pledge to uplift not only Africans, but all oppressed and marginaliz­ed Guyanese regardless of race. Every Guyanese must prosper under the banner of the Panther because our ideology demands nothing less. When we achieve a Guyana based on justice for all, we will have truly establishe­d a “third force” - a genuine alternativ­e to the two or one hundred parties that advocate an ideology that can, by its very definition, never deliver justice.

 ??  ?? Yours faithfully, Gerald A. Perreira Organizati­on for the Victory of the People (OVP)
Yours faithfully, Gerald A. Perreira Organizati­on for the Victory of the People (OVP)

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