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Apr 01, 2013 Letters
Dear Editor,
By the mid 1980’s the efficient rigging machinery of the PNC, in its totality, had virtually disintegrated. Many of the functionaries had either migrated, died or had become so disillusioned with the sad outcome of the failed Burnham/PNC promises that they largely walked away from the PNC. Of course the Great Kabaka had died an inglorious death in his own death trap, The Public Hospital Georgetown.
And by this time the International Community, especially the American Administration of President Bush, was also calling for Certifiable Free and Fair Elections in Guyana.
Due to the clamour of Guyanese voices, both at home and in the diaspora, Hoyte was forced to accede to the demands of the opposition for “Electoral Reforms” and International Observers were accredited.
During the October 1992 General and Regional Elections, the remaining scattered remnants of the formidable PNC rigging machinery tried desperately to practice some known shenanigans.
They huffed and puffed but thanks to Elections Commissioner Rudy Collins and the Carter Center, headed by President Carter, the results prevailed and Cheddi Jagan became President.
Upon coming to power, Cheddi Jagan said that the PPP/C won with just over 200 party groups and several party structures functioning around the country. In addition, by and large, Guyanese were tired of the machinations of the PNC and genuinely wanted change.
Since that Epoch making change twenty years ago, the nation has experienced many changes and once again finds itself at the door step of another anticipated change in political direction and control.
This time around, Guyanese are perplexed, vexed, upset that in making change in 1992 they thought that they were making a good change for the better, once and for all. But alas, they have been betrayed. Cheddi died in mid-stream and left no succession plan in place, and in the ensuing drama, power was seized first by his American born Wife, Janet. Since then to now the country has been reeling .That is well documented daily in the Guyana Press from scandal to scandal.
After the inconclusivity of the last General Elections in 2011, the country has had the unfortunate experience of a “Plurality Party in Government”.
Now there are serious speculations as to the possibility of a Snap Elections being called by President Ramotar.
The present PPP is in a worse position than the PNC in 1985-1992 period vis a vis its preparedness to hold and win a free and fair elections:
1. The population demographics are no longer in its favour.
2. Since Cheddi Jagan’s demise, the succeeding PPP Presidents and their cabinets have been embroiled with a plethora of bribery and corruption charges, allegations, mismanagement, maladministration.
3. The PPP has abandoned the tried and tested methodologies of the Jagans and are woefully disintegrated organisationally with the party groups not functioning and the former staunch supporters not willing to bring home the votes in the wards and villages.
4. In addition, the PPP/C has splintered badly since 1992 with serious resignations at the top, both in the Party and Government.
5. Donald Ramotar is not charismatic. In fact he is lackluster and only interested in his full term in office.
6. The people can’t accommodate additional taxation.
7. Guyanese by and large are fed up with the mechinations of the PPP/C and want them out of the way.
8. Large chunks of the “Old Guard” have migrated and the young turks are in it for the kill.
So the million dollar question is who and what will shake the trees to secure the votes necessary to return the unpopular, incompetent Guyanese oligarchic, self aggrandising PPP/C Cabal in its hour of greatest need.
Not the Guyanese “Poor and the Needy”.
Lionel Peters
THIS IDIOT TELLING GUYANA WE HAVE NO SAY IN THE 50% PROFIT SHARING AGREEMENT WE HAVE WITH EXXON.
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