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AMovement to Break the Backbone of Race and Ideology!
from Kaieteur News
by GxMedia
DEAREDITOR,
The current LGE 2023 campaign conducted by the PPP/C sends a powerful message that politicians must work hard at the grass rootsleveltowinvotes.
The act of voting is one of the most formidable and inalienable rights accorded to citizens in a democracy Andtheexerciseofthisright should no longer be d e p e n d e n t u p o n consideration of ideology and race but must, at a minimum level, be based upon immediate ‘bread and butter’issues.
A smarter electorate has evolvedoutoftheprevailing technological and mass communication age, including social media, that increasingly wants to embrace reason. Over the past 6 decades up to 2020, the country had not made any significant progress in the reduction of youth unemployment (30%) and thepovertylevel(34%).This traditional approach to politics had also failed to heal the gaping divisions in the country’s racially bifurcatedstate.
Historically, ethnic tensions/conflicts, rivalry, andsometimesviolence,had dominated the political landscape,whilethesalience of issues had been diminished. Despite gallant attempts, previous political leaders had been unable to overcome the divisions resulting from ideology, race, gender, religion, and region. The current PPP/C leadershipbelievesthatthey have produced an answer to thesegapingproblems.
After methodical analysis, they have grabbed theconceptofa21stCentury Movement (21CTMOV) to transcend barriers of ideology, race, religion, gender,andregion.Fromthe 1942 Quit India campaign led by MK Gandhi, they recognize that for a movement to succeed, it
