Why Guyanese Should Be Happy
Today all Guyanese should be happy. A country with a diverse religious demographic dominated by Christians and Hindus (which make up a total of approximately 93% percent of the population) voted several weeks ago for an Islamic President to have a second term and voted to have an Islamic main opposition leader. This is truly a show of Guyanese not being Islamophobic to elect two Muslims for the key positions in government with Muslims being only approximately 7% of the population in Guyana. Any other country where Islamophobia prevails would misread the maturity of Guyanese voters and now call Guyana an Islamic nation.
Why Guyanese Should Be Sad
What is sad about the situation in Guyana is that the voters were so upset with the two major parties failings over the years, the voters kept their votes aligned to the ethnic groups. The new political party did have more pull of the votes from the former main opposition which shows their disappointment in the previous main opposition. The current government kept their same block of ethnic voters and secured their return to government. This shows that voting along racial lines are mostly maintained by supporters of the government and not supporters of the former main opposition. The previous main opposition’s constituents are looking for change and will pursue the course and direction which they deem best for them. Hence, the election of a new main opposition party and new main opposition leader.
And Now The Embarrassment and Disgrace for Guyana
Now let us deal with the embarrassment for Guyanese. The country’s voters now have elected and placed their trust in an individual who has been sanctioned by the U.S. Government and indicted by the U.S. Government. This person elected as the main opposition leader based on the campaigning of the main government party (re-elected as the Government of Guyana) during elections and previous media reports is linked to several transnational criminal syndicates in Guyana, Venezuela, the Middle East and other areas. Supposedly with deep involvement in money laundering, drug smuggling, extra judicial killings, alleged terrorism funding links, other crimes in the U.S. and maybe more. It quite possible there are other sealed indictments to be unsealed whenever the indicted persons show in U.S. Federal Court. Guyanese, every man is innocent until proven guilty and must be given his chance and day in court. However, Over the years, Guyanese have linked the same group to acts of extrajudicial killings and other crimes which they have allegedly facilitated or have been involved in over the years in Guyana. All covered up by the government over the years – their relationship with the government was a very close one. Both of them were bosom buddies for many decades and untouchables with unlimited wealth until the U.S. Sanctions which drove fear into the government who immediately abandoned them. The move into politics by the new main opposition leader is only to avoid a U.S. conviction in U.S. Federal court. It has nothing to do about helping Guyanese improve their lives and the funds used over the past year in his political campaign and gift giving (vote buying) were from crime. All to position himself as a politician and using money from the same crimes he has been indicted for in the U.S. Federal Court. He hoped to escape a conviction in the U.S. by becoming the president of Guyana, now having to settle to become the main opposition leader.
Guyana is in an embarrassment and both of the major political parties are to blame for the mess and laughing stock Guyana has become. Guyana is now a disgrace! The new opposition leader has been nurtured and cultivated from the many years of the current government’s behavior, attitude and facilitation of their transnational criminal activities where both sides profited and had mutual benefits. There is no good outcome when voters elect a person as the main opposition leader, who has been involved in transnational crimes allegedly by the U.S. Government and lately disclosed by the Government of Guyana. Leading to the U.S. Government pursuing them for their criminality with an aim for justice to be served in the U.S. federal court. The U.S. Government will pursue the indicted persons in Guyana until they are extradited to the U.S. for their trials and clean up the mess caused by the two main political parties in Guyana. All law abiding citizens in Guyana regardless of where you fall in the political spectrum should be embarrassed as well. If you aren’t embarrassed with this situation, you are part of the problem why Guyana is now officially being branded a narco terrorist state flirting with an autocratic dictatorship.
This is Why Guyana is an Animal Farm
In George Orwell’s Animal Farm, when the animals first chase away Mr. Jones from his farm, they paint Seven Commandments on the barn wall, a kind of animal constitution meant to guarantee equality and justice. At first, these represent the pure ideals of the revolution by being simple, fair, and moral.
But over time, Napoleon and the pigs secretly change the wording to excuse their growing privilege and cruelty.
The irony is that the animals still believe they live in a fair society and they trust the commandments, even when those commandments have changed. When they think they remember a different version, Squealer convinces them that they are mistaken. This creates a chilling irony: The very rules meant to protect them are used to enslave them once again.
Squealer, the propaganda pig, uses euphemisms, rhetorical tricks, and false logic to justify the changes.
For instance:
- He reframes Napoleon’s selfish actions as “necessary sacrifices.”
- He plays on the animals’ poor memory and education, saying things like:
“Surely, comrades, you don’t want Mr. Jones back?”
The animals’ reactions are key:
- Boxer doesn’t question authority, he simply says, “Napoleon is always right.”
- Clover senses something is wrong but lacks the education to challenge it.
- Benjamin, the donkey, sees the truth but stays silent, symbolizing apathy or despair among intellectuals.
Through them, Orwell shows how ignorance, trust, and fear allow oppression to flourish.
By the end, the commandments have been replaced by one single rule:
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.”
This final paradox captures the complete betrayal of the change they badly wanted. Orwell’s point is that tyranny doesn’t always arrive through violence and sometimes it comes quietly, through the gradual distortion of truth, misinformation and lies.
Sincerely,
Marco Shaw
