Georgetown, Guyana.
February 22, 2022
For immediate release to all media houses.
PRESS RELEASE Alliance For Change republic Day message 2023
The Alliance For Change joins with all Guyanese at home and in the Diaspora in observance of the 53rd Anniversary of Guyana’s status as a Co-operative Republic. On this day 53 years ago, our newly independent nation took a further step to acclaim of right to self-governance and enshrined an ideology for the development of our young nation.

Over the more than 50 years as a Republic our nation has faced many struggles; the threat to our territorial borders, global economic upheavals and more recently, the global COVID pandemic. Through it all, we have remained resolute, unwavering in our right to all the freedoms as a sovereign state and people. The right to life, freedom of expression, to assembly and other inalienable human rights remain sacrosanct in our minds. Sadly, many of those rights are now threatened.

Over the past two years, we have seen gross injustices delivered to some of our sisters and brothers as their homes and livelihoods were wantonly bulldozed. Too many of our young people were dismissed from their jobs creating economic hardships on their families. Even within the Fourth Estate; the media, there are fears of sanctions and in the National Assembly itself, the business of the people is stymied through machinations that disallow matters being brought to the House.

Republic Day or ‘Mashramani’ ought to be a time of great pride for us all as citizens of a sovereign state and in keeping with the translation of ‘Mashramani’ should be a ‘Celebration after hard work’. The work has been done and we deserve to celebrate. However, when our freedoms are threatened, then we must remain vigilant, even as we celebrate.

On this 53rd Republic Anniversary, the AFC calls on all Guyanese to guard against tyranny that seek to take away our freedom. Plans to create a new bourgeoisie class at the expense of the masses must be thwarted. We all have a right to share in our new found prosperity and for this we must fight!

Long live the Co-operative Republic of Guyana

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