Attorney General Anil Nandlall, SC, has issued a sharp warning to the parliamentary Opposition, stating that its continued use of racial rhetoric and misinformation is the reason it suffered a dramatic decline in political support, falling from 31 seats to 12, and risks being wiped out entirely by the next election.
Nandlall made the comments during his weekly programme, Issues in the News, where he addressed recent public statements by political commentator David Hinds, whom he accused of “spewing racial rhetoric as usual.”
According to the Attorney General, this style of politics has long backfired on the Opposition and continues to erode public trust.
“These guys do not understand, and perhaps they will never understand that it is because of the racial rhetoric that they moved from 31 seats to 12 seats,” he said.
He added that it was not only the race-based statements but also the insistence on false claims, including assertions that the Opposition won the 2020 elections, that helped cost them national support.
“It is because of their uttering things that are outrageous, like for example they won the 2020 elections, along with racial rhetoric, [that] are why they moved from 31 seats to 12 seats,” he stressed.
Nandlall warned that if the Opposition continues “this merry way,” then the 2020 losses may only be the beginning.
“Let them continue… and in 2030, they will be without a seat. Because the Guyanese people are intelligent now and have no time, no patience, no tolerance for racism and stupidity,” he said.
The Attorney General closed the programme by saying the public has rejected divisive politics, and he urged political leaders, particularly those on the Opposition benches, to recognise that the country has moved on from rhetoric that once dominated political debates.
