Try something else; “shared governance” is a ploy, does work

DearEditor, ensure that the oil wealth is the blessings of shared I write with reference to shared equally, equitably, governance of the sort he Hon Jermaine Figueira fairly, and just (sic) among envisages. And, may I ask (MP) article published in the all Guyanese, regardless of why Republicans and media (May 4, 2023). The race or political affiliation.” Democrats in the US do not piece makes a number of These are just glittering put their heads together and claims and propositions generalizations concocted work out something in a r e g a r d i n g “ s h a r e d for mass consumption. It country that is deeply governance.” I should state, offers no meaningful way of divided along the lines of forthwith, that shared realizing these aspirational race and class As an governance is not a well- values. Mr Figueira cannot American citizen, I can tell intended mechanism for imply that some groups you that many lay persons buildinggoodgovernmentin based on racial identity are want the political elites in Guyana,butanongoingploy getting more, while others Washington to arrive at a by the APNU-AFC to take are getting less without constructive modus vivendi. power by any means. Mr providing at least a minimal Instead,wehadanassaulton Figueira should know that empirical analysis of the theCapitol. political parties that have a extant condition that obtains

Cosmopolitan liberals long record of stealing intheoileconomy (scholars, entertainers, elections cannot be trusted It is deeply troubling that philanthropists, and some with any kind of shared the Hon. MP would publicly fromthepoliticalelites)love arrangement. If they were as urge the media to push to recommend that people in brazen in trying to steal the ‘shared governance’. Is that the Third World to get along 2020 elections, why would the job of the media? Or better. In this instance, there the APNU and AFC should journalists be more is a pre-analytic, cognitive suddenly stop being bullies focused on reporting the disposition in assuming in a shared governance news. Incidentally, would something primordially arrangement? Mr Figueiraandothersthink saccharine about people in Mr Figueira’sentirecase that critiquing this call for developing countries is built on the bogeyman themediatopushtheagenda Shouldn’t the focus instead calledrace.Insteadofawell- of the Opposition, an attack be on encouraging those grounded analysis based on on journalists? Without a interested to engage in therelevantpoliticaltheories shred of disrespect for vigorous debate? The and empirics of the country, journalists, I do have to say American constitution with he descends into the that yes, journalists have a l l i t s f l a w s a n d customary grand rhetorical been pushing shared contradictions emerged out performance of dividing the governance for years. That of lengthy debates Why worldbetweenthesavedand shouldnotbetheirbusiness. shouldn’t the same be the dammed. There are too MPFigueria needs to tell expected of us, as a young many throw away lines like us which countries in the nation?Why boil everything “thechallengenowishowto world have been enjoying downto‘sharedgovernance’ which is basically based on t h e e a r l y c o l o n i a l anthropology of backward peoplesneedingtogetalong.

Mr Figueira has done well to put some ideas in the public realm. Yet, he must stay away from the WPA’s mantra that some suffered more and, therefore, deserve more.Thatdogduden’thunt.

Sincerely,

Dr Randolph Persaud