APNU+AFC persists with ‘race-card’, clearly has nothing left – Jagdeo

ThePNCR-led AP -

NU+AFC Coalition continues to confirm that it is the “most racist” in Guyana’s history – unable to move on from playing the race card.

This was according to Vice President, Bharrat Jagdeo, who, during his last news conference, noted that in office the Coalition did significant damage to the country’s social fabric in a short period, including through the removal of a large number of persons from the public sector who were condemned as favourable to the PPP/C.

In Opposition, he charged that the race-baiting rhetoric continues to be peddled.

Notably, past several months have seen incidents where persons have spewed unfounded claims of racism by the current Administration. Unsubstantiated and wildly irresponsible claims – all worded along lines to stir tensions among Guyanese continue to be peddled by leaders of the PNCR-led APNU+AFC Coalition. The issue of racist rhetoric by the PNCR-led APNU+AFC Coalition to stir tensions has been condemned repeatedly over the past several months by PPP/C leaders.

The PNC-led APNU+AFC Coalition’s expressed intentions to “undermine” the Dr. Irfaan Aliled PPP/C Administration, according to PPP General Secretary, Bharrat Jagdeo, in prior comments, has not gone unnoticed. Jagdeo, in prior comments, had said, “People like David Hinds, who for decades misled people into thinking they represent Afro-Guyanese, had no interest in development for Guyana, much less development in the interest of Afro-Guyanese… they are parasitic…when they came into office, they had no intention of supporting Afro-Guyanese…he is smarting from the person loss of privileges that he and his family enjoyed…the bitterness stems from there.” Moving forward, Jagdeo noted that the APNU+AFC Coalition must drop racism as a tool and get on board with a national development agenda – all in the interest of all Guyanese across the entire country. “It is a dead end if they don’t