– those forces who seek to subvert our will must be condemned
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG), the major umbrella trade union organization in our nation and as a concerned national stakeholder, joins with the many individuals and organisations who have spoken out as it is convinced that we are seeing unfolding actions by certain forces intent on nefariously snatching the will of the Guyanese people and trampling on their inalienable right to freely elect their leaders. We wish to remind that these important rights of Guyanese were not freely given but won through successive and successful struggles of our peoples. Those rights, like all our rights, are very much cherished and we cannot remain silent when we see unvarnished attempts to simply take away or disregard any right from our peoples.
The actions by these pseudo-leaders, some who hold themselves out as being pious and upstanding, demonstrates, in our view, that they have really no respect or even the scantest concern about the Guyanese people. Had they really cared about our peoples, they would have brought this charade to an end and allow the lawful, democratic process to unfold as has been the position of nearly all and sundry.
Rather, it appears to us, that they have their own nefarious ends in mind. At this time, they have essentially pushed our beautiful country to the precipice and are gravely jeopardizing the advancements our country and peoples have made to rebuild and develop our dear land. We are warned that we risk being ostracized from the rest of the world and yet it seems, without batting an eyelid, they are those who remain committed to their seeming plan of political power no matter the cost. For the FITUG, those who seek to undermine our democracy cannot really have any place in our law-abiding and peace-loving society and certainly must be condemned by current and future generations of Guyanese.
The Federation remains convinced, at this time that the active and passive players, their intellectual authors and those who give tacit and implicit support, will not succeed. We are saddened that those who claim to be champions of democracy and the rule of law have apparently lost their voices or are, from all appearances, giving whole-hearted support to those diabolical forces that have only themselves at heart. This is indeed a disturbing turn of events and reveals their character.
We are of the firm view, that like in the past, the Guyanese people will win out and succeed in having their rights upheld and safeguarded. While it could be said that we are someway down the road, we believe, that it is still not too late to retrieve our country and avoid the proverbial bricks that could tumble down upon us. We urge that good sense, decency and honesty prevail and those who are pushing us to a clearly undesirable state be reigned in without further delay.
We of the FITUG join with all the democratic forces of our nation in urging an end to the delays and tomfoolery and allow the will of our people to prevail and for our rights to be respected.
