ksazma posted:Tola posted:yuji22 posted:He is shameless. The world must see and listen to this video. Murderous PNC in action. Charandass made the correct decision to leave after the vote.
Yuji, the PNC must have done some really bad things to you for acting this way. Unfortunately, I was overseas for most of their time in office, but I have a good sense of it from Andrew Morrison's book 'Justice'.
In 1980 during a visit, I was in disbelieve when my father could not buy two pounds of sugar at Albion, when sugar is manufactured right there.
When we face severe challenges in life by the actions of others, we need to find a way to cope and go forward, because those who caused our problem might not give a shit, but we might suffer the consequences.
The first batch of PNC actions made life and living very difficult for many in Guyana. The great exodus began in the 70's. We come to the early 80s when there was hardly anything that people can buy. Ground provision farmers benefited tremendously from this hardship. In the midst of their thriving, you will realize that some people were eating plantains and cassava for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Some did not even have that. The folks in Berbice began getting rich on contraband stuff from Suriname. People from GT would go to Berbice to bring back flour and if they got caught with even a pound of flour, their vehicle would be confiscated. There were lots of cars rusting away in the police impound compound. Yet if you had the chance to go to Mckenzie, you would think you were in another country as their supermarket was well stocked. I knew a bakery family who one week was looking to buy a property on Sheriff street and the other week say they were leaving Guyana because of the lack of flour. Police bribery was rampant and kick down door banditry was an everyday occurrence. And that is just a small account of the challenges facing Guyanese back in the early 80s.
By the action of those who remained in Guyana while I was away, I could not relate to their anger. Even when I visited Guyana with an overseas wife, had a driver on standby and could lavishly visit the interior, I did not allow myself to see the suffering.
But one friend's family whom I visited, paid a high cost to move overseas and I still could not see the big deal. But when Burnham invited us to a welcoming party, my wife was afraid and we did not attend. A long time PPP friend had a PNC membership card to keep his teaching job.
I am realizing I need to be more sensitive to what is written on GNI, because it is more far reaching than I understand.
My Albion GDF officer friend Chetram Singh wrote a book called The Flour Convoy. Its about the GDF using their transportation system to carry banned goods in Guyana. It was revealed when a GDF truck got into an accident at Sea Well Turn, near #19 Village and flour was spilled on the road.