47th Independence Anniversary Day Message – Alliance For Change (AFC)

May 26, 2013 - The Alliance For Change extends congratulations to all Guyanese at home and abroad on the occasion of Guyana's 47th Independence Anniversary.

In the annals of our history, May 26, 1966 will always be remembered as a day of great accomplishment in Guyana. With unparalleled fortitude and of singular purpose our leaders spread the message of a 'Free Guyana' throughout our country and inspired our people with a dream.

Forty-seven years on, we must reflect on the values and principles which were in the minds and hearts of those who fought and sacrificed for our freedom. The legacy the Founding Fathers left for us was, Guyana, the bread basket of the Caribbean and a beacon of hope and prosperity for the Region. On this 47th birthday of ours, it must be the pledge of those of us who now have the mantle to lead, to also pledge to push forward the frontiers of what the Founding Fathers started.

We are at a historic phase when our country is shifting course. Driven by a people, reenergized by a new parliamentary dispensation, our entire effort must be to ensure that there is overall development in which all people prosper. Our political approaches and economic progress must be combined with values of human welfare, tolerance, mutual respect and selflessness promoted by learned men and women of our country.

As the inheritors of a great dream, it is our duty to bring to fruition the realization of true independence where political freedom prevails and peace is as a result of justice.
This year, let us join the struggle for true and meaningful independence.