Op-Ed: We Will All Pay the Price if We Don’t Unite to Defeat the PPP; Our Petty Divisions Will Have Severe Consequences

The only hope Guyana has is to hand the PPP a decisive loss. Not a close contest. Not a disputed result. A clear, unquestionable defeat. Every Guyanese, whether from Region 2, 3, 4, or 6, must vote against the PPP. That is the only path to preserve our democracy and our future.

Because if the match is close, they will use the courts. They will manipulate the system. They will declare themselves victors by any means necessary. This must not happen.

It doesn’t matter how many eloquent think pieces we write. It doesn’t matter how many brilliant, impassioned patriots are sounding the alarm from the sidelines. If we are not smart enough to unite, really unite, to root out the PPP on September 1, then we will all suffer the consequences.

The reality is, WIN can’t win. Not in this election. To form a government, WIN would need to take more than half of APNU’s votes in Regions 4 and 10 and more than half of the PPP’s support in Regions 2, 3, and 6. That’s political fantasy. What is more likely is that WIN splits the vote just enough to pave the way for a minority government for either of the three major parties.

But even that assumes a level playing field. And you have to be an idiot to believe that this election is going to be a fair fight.

Just like APNU was warned about Charrandass Persaud and did nothing, they (and all the other parties) are being warned again, now, that the PPP has padded the list of electors with ghost voters and is planning to rig this election across the board. And the PPP is not hiding it. They’ve already told us what they’re trying to do; engineer a two-thirds majority to rewrite the rules of the game.

But with WIN now in the race, the PPP won’t be able to engineer a two-thirds win, it would be dangerous and just not a credible outcome. Their rigging though, might very well hand them a simple majority, enough to continue their unchecked domination of the state.

If the PPP returns to power with a majority and billions of U.S. dollars at their disposal, the consequences will be devastating. Afro-Guyanese, Indigenous communities, and poor Indo-Guyanese alike will feel the weight of their plunder. Corruption will deepen. Graft will be further normalized. The state will become a machine for the few and a burden for the many. There will be no routing them out after September 1. The damage will be irreversible.

The only hope Guyana has is to hand the PPP a decisive loss. Not a close contest. Not a disputed result. A clear, unquestionable defeat. Every Guyanese, whether from Region 2, 3, 4, or 6, must vote against the PPP. That is the only path to preserve our democracy and our future.

Because if the match is close, they will use the courts. They will manipulate the system. They will declare themselves victors by any means necessary. This must not happen.

This is not just an election. This is a referendum on the future of your children. September 1 will determine whether they grow up in poverty or possibility. Whether the wealth of our oil reaches all Guyanese or stays locked in the hands of a greedy few. Whether Guyana becomes a model of shared prosperity or a cautionary tale of what happens when good people stay divided.

You have power. Use it. Vote wisely. Vote strategically. Vote for change. Vote for a Guyana that belongs to all of us.