by Paul Norman, Phd
A New and United Guyana (ANUG) has once again exposed itself as nothing more than a hollow, self-serving political entity, masquerading as a force for justice while deliberately ignoring the suffering of the very people it claims to represent. Their decision to take Professor David Hinds before the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) for his words, while remaining utterly silent on the real injustices plaguing Guyana, is nothing short of disgraceful.
Where was ANUG’s outrage when African Guyanese families in Mocha were violently evicted from their homes? Where was their voice when contracts, funded by the national purse, were systematically withheld from African businesses? Where was their concern when African Guyanese professionals were terminated en masse from key government positions, not based on merit but because of their ethnicity? Where was their demand for accountability amid rampant government corruption that has bled this nation dry?
The answer is simple—ANUG was nowhere to be found. They cowered in the shadows, complicit in the continued marginalization of African Guyanese. But now, when Professor Hinds calls out the betrayal of those who side with the oppressor, ANUG suddenly finds its voice. Not to condemn the oppression, but to attack a man who has dedicated his life to advocating for the rights of the very people they ignore.
Their actions reek of hypocrisy and cowardice. ANUG claims to champion “unity” and “justice,” yet they weaponize state institutions to silence dissent while conveniently turning a blind eye to the structural discrimination inflicted upon African Guyanese. They pretend to be guardians of racial harmony, yet their selective outrage exposes them as mere enablers of the ruling administration’s divisive and oppressive tactics.
What is truly “reckless and inflammatory” is not David Hinds’ words, but the continued economic strangulation, social exclusion, and political disenfranchisement of African Guyanese. The true danger to unity is not those who speak out, but those who sell out. ANUG’s disgraceful attempt to curry favor with the ruling elite at the expense of oppressed people is the very definition of betrayal.
History will not be kind to those who enable oppression. And ANUG, through its deafening silence on real injustices and its desperate attempts to stifle the voices of resistance, has shown itself to be nothing more than a willing tool of the very forces seeking to keep African Guyanese in a permanent state of second-class citizenship.
The people of Guyana deserve better. And ANUG deserves nothing but our utter contempt.
