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Charrandass Persaud has traded duty and honour
Dear Editor,
In 1998, I was a Member of Parliament and found myself at odds with the policies of the party/government of the day, the PPP; I resigned from Parliament and from the PPP and publicly denounced the lack of democracy in the PPP and their governmental misdirection in developing Guyana’s economy, among other major mistakes (coalition politics, decentralism of the bureaucracy, making sure to make the private sector the real engine of growth – which the PPP disagreed with). But, Editor, even though I was angry at the PPP leadership for their unbending and blinkered approach to our country’s best interests, I gave them back their seat and left Parliament- I could have stayed and voted with the opposition but I did the right thing and gave the PPP their seat. Unfortunately, there has been no change in the PPP’s approach to political reality as we see with the elevation of candidate Ali to run for President of our Republic after ripping the Party apart with the losses of Moses, Khemraj, Ralph and others and with the hold of the Party’s “jugular” firmly in the hands of the Gang of 8. Let no-one doubt that the Gang of 8 is really a communist cabal with “democratic centralism” as their mantra – a mantra of lies and deception to cloak undemocratic practices like the “elevation” of I. Mohammed Ali. Poor Anil, Dr, Persaud and Frank – they never had a chance!
Yours faithfully,
Cheddi (Joey) Jagan (Jr.)