As a young PPP activist in the 1970s, I followed my leader Cheddi Jagan in criticizing Burnham's "Daimler lifestyle."
The Daimler was a British Leyland-made car.
The Guyana Government bought two Daimlers for G$24,000 each for use as official state vehicles. One was assigned to Prime Minister Forbes Burnham and the other to President Arthur Chung.
After Burnham died President Desmond Hoyte used the same Daimler until his last day in office in 1992.
So, for G$24,000 that car served two presidents for 22 years.
Burnham never built a mansion. He lived on state property on Vlissingen Road which the PPP/C regime inherited, renaming it Castellani House.
President Hoyte lived in his own house on North Road while in office.
Looking back, I often wonder what Dr Jagan would say about the lifestyles of today's PPP leadership.
He used to attack Burnham over one car.
Here is a picture of a Daimler: