We must never fall for the sweet talk of Che Gouvera and Fidel Castro. The only revolution is the of the people to own private property. Us East Indians want to own private property.
JB, to each his/her own, will be nice to talk about the isms some day, but right now, we are showcasing the bribery and corruptions of the cancerous and inept PPP/C who we think that if elections were held today they would be kicked out of office.
Asj ....JB has a right
to be in love with the
Burnham Faction of the PPP.
Call it by any name you want
the PNC is the Burnham faction of the PPP,
Some will cuss Burnham at times....
while others will cuss Jagan the other times....
but history will show
the two factions were cut
from the same cloth.....
and each faction of the PPP
supported the other..... when they had to.....
and Each faction of the PPP
fight each other ....the rest of the time.
This topic is not about
the Jagan Faction of The PPP,
or Odo Faction of the PPP,
JB this topic .....
It is not about...I would call...
The Great things Jagan Did
like Developing Sugar, Rice, Agriculture,
Building Industrial sites
or creating lots of opportunities for the poor
while Jagan was in power
JB this topic ....
It is not about what you would call
The Great things Burnham Did
like Building things in guyana
the Linden Highway, Demerara Harbor Bridge,
National Service, House Of Isreal,
A Good Election Rigging Team
punishing or killing members of the opposition,
or creating opportunities for a few in a certain class
while the rest of the country suffer
while Fat-boy was in power
This Topic is about what
the PPP has turned into today,
With Jagdeo and Ramotar doing worst
that what many accuse Burnham and his Faction of Doing....
and with Jagdeo & Ramotar
Ignoring all the promises Jagan,
the Original leader of the PPP
made to all his supporters.
Sir, this is one of the better posts that you have made. It goes straight to the point and it does not have any references to vulgarity. I commend you and will try to respond when you ask what the PPP has turned out to be today.
1. As I see it you, ASJ, and some of the others are not anti-PPP. I am guessing that you have an admiration for what the PPP used to be but you are unhappy with the way and manner in which things are done.In other words, is the PPP still the Party of Cheddi Jagan or has it been hijacked by some and taken in another direction?
2. The answer to this question has to do with whom you speak to in Guyana. The people higher up in the PPP ie the President and his cabinet and Mr. Jagdeo will say that the PPP is Jagan's Party and that it has not deviated one bit from dream of the founder Cheddi.
3. In reality this is not the case. One of the things that Cheddi did was to fashion the PPP into an electoral machine, capable of winning elections. The PPP under Jagan did not lose any elections. The fact that we have a split Parliament means that the PPP lost control of the ball. They let things slip. How did they do that?
4. The PPP took their supporters for granted and thought that they would turn up to the polls anyway. But this is only part of the problem. The other part is style of leadership. Some people feel that Mr. Jagdeo did not actively court the supporters and in many cases he alienated them. This is not something that Jagan would have done.
5. Jagdeo has a lot of responsibility for the PPP being in this situation. He cannot walk away and say that voter apathy resulted in the split parliament. As President you hand over to your successor a party in good shape. This did not happen here.
6. Jagdeo also had a lot to do with Moses leaving the Party. This should not have happened. Moses was a lifelong supporter of the PPP and when he left the PPP felt that 'good riddance' was the best response. The people would come out anyway and vote PPP. This did not happen as we know. Moses has hurt the PPP and Ralph can do the same. You do not treat your stalwarts with this kind of disrespect.
7. Unfortunately, President Ramotar has not so far proven to be his own man. He is too tied to the Jagdeo era. He has to answer questions about corruption,and do something about it after admitting publicly that there is corruption. Why for example, is a man from New Jersey running Guysuco and paid a fantastic salary when perhaps the brightest canecutter can do a better job?
8. The PPP said when it failed to get a majority that it did not do enough grassroot work. It should have done so starting the day after the last election but if you speak to the people in the estates and in other places they feel forgotten and neglected.
9. The present situation is that the PPP is boxed in a corner and unable to flex its muscles. It's like what Cheddi said after the 1961 elections, he was office but not in power. The irony is that if the PPP wants to remodel itself then there is a lot it can learn from APNU. Who would have thought that? I will deal with this another time.
10. In summary the PPP is in poor shape if an election were to be called today. It will struggle to get a majority. The spirit and also the energy that Jagan put into the struggle have waned. There are those in the PPP that know what needs to be done. But who will bell the cats?
Sugrim, what you have written here is Mother Lakshmi's Darshan to me.
Happy Diwali to you and your family. 