Last Friday night, the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) held a grand fundraising event at the National Track and Field Facility in Leonora, West Coast Demerara. What should have been a voluntary political gathering quickly exposed the deep rot of coercion, inequality, and political abuse under the PPP government.
I was personally reached out to by several of my Guyanese brothers and sisters—hardworking citizens employed as ten-days workers under the government. Their voices trembled with distress as they quoted the threats hurled at them: “If we na go, we won’t get pay and we will be take off the list.” This is not governance—it is intimidation. These are the tactics of a regime that has lost touch with the people it claims to serve.
Across Region Three—from Wales, Canal No. 1 and Canal No. 2, and beyond—individuals were herded like cattle to attend a fundraising event that they never asked to be part of. Many got caught in hours of traffic, some fell sick, others ran out of fuel, and there are heartbreaking reports of people who even missed their flights. Is this the price Guyanese must pay just to keep their livelihoods under the PPP?
But the cruelty didn’t end there.
The very seating arrangement at the event laid bare the PPP’s unspoken caste system. The wealthy and elite, their pockets already lined with state favours, were given sponge-padded chairs.
Meanwhile, the working-class citizens—the very people the PPP claims to uplift—were shoved into ordinary white plastic seats. That contrast was not just physical. It was symbolic. It was a message from President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo: “Know your place.” This is not the leadership Guyana deserves. This is not democracy—it is deceit. In our sacred Hindu tradition, there are words that perfectly describe these actions: Pakhandi, Durmukh, and Kapat. These are the traits we now witness in those who sit at the highest levels of power.
President Irfaan Ali and Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo continue to show that they have no mercy and no sincere love for the Guyanese people. Their rule is driven by selfish interests, arrogance, and a disregard for the everyday struggles of our citizens.
To my fellow Guyanese: Wake up. The time has come to put an end to this abuse of power. No one should be threatened for their job. No one should be forced into political events. No one should be treated like second-class citizens in their own country.
Let your voice be your weapon. Let your vote be your power. On September 1, 2025, vote the PPP out.
“Ayo betta open ayo eye! Y’all ain’t see wah really goin’ on. ” Guyana deserves better. And together, we can demand it.
