Manifesto 2001

AGENDA for DEVELOPMENT

The Modernisation of Guyana With PNC REFORM

The PNC REFORM is the result of a political conviction that inclusivity enhances our capacity to serve the nation. This conviction has become strengthened in the PNC over its history.


That evolution has been stimulated and directed mainly by the following convictions:

  • The need to continue to move away from the previous views about the desirability of socialism
  • The need to ensure that private initiative and entrepreneurship underpin the development thrust of Guyana.
  • Guyana's development is fundamentally dependent on access to, and the involvement of, all the human resources that could be available to Guyana's development effort
  • The educational and other opportunities that technological advances, particularly in relation to information technology, provide for pursuing Guyana's development
  • The need to devise and implement a new form of governance for Guyana that will allow us to move away from: ethnic divisiveness, over-centralisation of decision-making, inefficiencies in project definition and implementation, avoidance of the rule of law, and the mushrooming growth of corrupt practice
  • The need to move towards a democratic system based on the inclusion of individuals, their organisation in decision-making about their affairs
  • All this involves consciously moving away from the traditional �winner take all� approach which dictates the objectives of public life and governance at national and regional levels in our multi-ethnic society

Our focus on human resources, on technology, and on governance has led us to the view that Guyana's development should be based on at least three pillars:

  1. The radical transformation of the systems and nature of governance to bring into being a more responsive structure
  2. The development and use of the human resource potential to enhance the quality of life for the entire local Guyanese community in close cooperation with the Guyanese Diaspora
  3. A focus on modernisation and technology transfer as a means of complementing the other pillars towards enhancing our productivity and efficiency

It is against this background that the "PNC" has evolved to the "PNC REFORM". We have redefined our philosophy to embrace this view of our future. In our approach to development we are prepared to continue to organize ourselves to foster involvement of individuals who are new to the political process or have had other previous allegiances.


There is no requirement of formal Party membership. There is no promise of political office. The key factor is the commitment to involve patriots in the process of governance of Guyana's affairs. The only requirement for membership of the �REFORM� group is commitment to, and willingness to be involved in, designing and implementing the new vision for Guyana.


The PNC REFORM wishes to assemble the best team from all the human resources available to Guyana for the purpose of managing Guyana's development process. This is not just to compete for political power but also to allow all ideas to contend transparently in determining what is be done and how it is to be done.

  • PNC REFORM is open to all who share our vision
  • PNC REFORM is focused on the development needs of our country
  • PNC REFORM is responsive to the dynamic nature of our environment and the needs of Guyana

The PNC REFORM envisages that this approach will require a range of systemic changes. We need to strike out boldly in these new directions, and this declaration indicates and gives some of the rationale for the main initiatives that a PNC REFORM government will undertake.