kari, i regard what you and caribny are trying to do here as distorting and infamous
i came to this thread not to 'praise up' the coalition' as u would have people believe, but to:
(i) call out Jay Bharrat on his nonsense that embracing the coalition is a "big, big risk"
(ii) call you out on your weak, status quo defending "I'm afraid I'm not seeing the new course for a Guyana from anyone" . . . said with a straight face and all
what u are doing is in line with your old line that we should tolerate 4-5 more years of PPP mafiya rule . . . the stars not being aligned properly for change right now, etc., etc.
no sir, u are not "pushing the team" . . . you are undermining the coalition effort on the not-so-sly much as ksazma does in a more up front way
i will continue to call it as i see it . . . with all due respect
What astonishes me about redux is how much time he spends attacking fellow anti PPPites. Merely because they exercise a pragmatism while he is lost in idealism.
1. The coalition is a risk. Firstly because some of the PPP Nagamootoo voters who supported him in 2011 might vote PPP, or simply not vote. Unable to bring themselves to voting for a PNC led coalition.
Secondly because in any coalition there are always tensions between the bigger and more powerful party, and the smaller one. In Guyana it becomes even worse as some people like Nagamootoo saw some in the PNC as mortal enemies for most of their political life.
2. Kari has always spoken about Guyana's economy being taken to the next level. He is saying that he hasn't heard APNU AFC plans for this. Is there anything wrong with some one querying about Guyana no longer remaining a basic commodity producer, subject to all the vagaries of global commodity prices, over which it has no control?
Indeed such plans will be what will excite young voters, as they will be the biggest beneficiaries should Guyana develop more vibrant manufacturing and service based export sectors, given that the population is much less rural oriented.
Bharrat, Kari, and Caribj MADE NO suggestion that any of us want to see the PPP again. Bharrat is always begging for money for the AFC, and Kari and I offer constructive criticism.
I feel confident that if either Granger or Nagamootoo engaged us in conversation, we would raise the same concerns, more diplomatically of course. Indeed Granger seems to spend much of his time on meet and greet tours, and seems to listen to people. I suspect of people offered suggestions in a polite manner he would listen to them.