An apology made by PPP/C Candidate and Executive Member, Anil Nandlall over comments he made at a political event has been rejected by the Alliance for Change (AFC).
Nandlall, last evening, told attendees that nothing is wrong with being a “house slave”.
The AFC’s statement is below:
The Attorney General’s recent remarks about Cuffy — Guyana’s national hero — describing him as a “proud house slave,” and equating African Guyanese who support the PPP/C with the same label, have exposed in the clearest terms the PPP/C’s attitude toward the Black population of this country.
The purported apology that followed has only compounded the grievous injury inflicted upon the African people last evening. It is not simply a matter of whether the Attorney General was attempting to condemn racial discrimination or encourage unity. The issue is far deeper and more troubling: how can anyone, let alone a senior representative of the Government in 2025, even suggest that it was possible to be a “good” or “proud” slave in the most brutal and dehumanizing system of exploitation in human history?
To claim that Africans could be enslaved and still be happy, proud, or upstanding is an insult of the highest order — a final indignity to the memory of our ancestors and to every African Guyanese today.
This so-called apology is neither sincere nor acceptable. If it was intended as one, it is rejected in the strongest possible terms.
Every clear-thinking black Guyanese should see clearly how they are viewed by the current administration and show their displeasure by voting strongly on Monday September 1st to get the PPP/C out of office.
