Zed posted:

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My main concern was that if there was a deal between granger and trottman, why were the thousands who voted for the AFC and then the AFC/APNU coalition not made aware of such an arrangement similarly as done with the Cummingsburgh Accord. (Trottman is a leading member if the AFC) It is my view that the more informed voters are, the better will be their choices. 

 

The AFC cooperated with APNU to remove the PPP from 2011 when the PPP had become a minority party.

What is the mystery?  Did you demand that Sam Hinds and the WPA explain why they joined the PPP to oust the PNC?

In an ethnically polarized society like Guyana clearly splitting the votes of the two major groups becomes a tactic.

The PPP did it in 1992 and APNU AFC did it in 2015.  And if the PPP doesn't do it in 2020 they will LOSE!

Zed posted:

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let them clarify if was a deal or not. .

Yes there was a deal. Split the PPP vote. That was why the AFC went into a coalition with APNU. That is why APNU transformed itself from just being the PNC.

Seriously I don't see the conspiracy here.

Cheddi did the SAME thing when he allied himself majority African groups like Guard and the WPA.

Should we ask for a transcript of every conversation that the PPP had with those groups?

And in fact many who voted for the PPP in 1992 were deeply disappointed with what they became.

Prashad posted:

The Afc should be run out of every East Indian community in Guyana

 

Sam Hinds should be run out of every African community in Guyana for being such an Uncle Tom.

Zed posted:

My belief that those living abroad do not really get the nuances of Guyanese politics. .

I don't see that you offer any perspectives different from those of the PPP supporters who live outside of Guyana. Clearly you aren't any more objective.

So seriously, what is your point?

What you indeed forget is that what many fear to say in Guyana they say when they visit us in NYC, often relying on us to make such perspectives public.

They say what you want to hear so that they can get the monetary contributions. This applies to all the political parties.

i have lived here now for over six years and am uncertain whether i really understand how things are done or the intricacies of power politics in Guyana. Like peeling an onion and yes, it causes tears.

Zed posted:

They say what you want to hear so that they can get the monetary contributions.

When friends and relatives come you think that they are telling me what I want to hear for $$$.   I don't hang out with that crowd.