Priya Manickchand:
@ nigel, as someone who, under an afc govt, would be defined not as guyanese but by the colour of my skin and the texture of my hair, i am interested in knowing what the afc will do with people who look like me while the truth and reconciliation commission that you propose is engaged in its extensive hearings and even when it delivers its findings on the "historic causes of raci...sm." how are you going to reverse this perceived racism favouring in your view people who look like me. pls do tell what the afc is going to do to indian business men and indian contractors and indian farmers and indian children who get scholarships and indian people who get jobs? what i find most ironic is that the party claiming to be representative of change is nakedly playing the race card albeit using fancy language. i believe come nov 28th guyanese are going to let the AFC know just how they feel about this divisive politicking. have a good campaign
Nigel Hughes: it's a shame but you sound a little like the white south africans who when faced with the prospect of the end of apartheid and the end of the system of preferred prejudice based on colour, were asking what would happen to white contractors after the removal of apartheid. It is intersting to note that your primary concern here is for those who have benefitted from a system of prejudiced distribution of the state's assets and resources rather than the victims of such a policy. Rest assured that any new government worth its salt will conduct an independent forensic audit, by reputable international firms, of the management and distribution of the patrimony of this country. Similarly any new government worth its salt will respect the sanctity of contract, an alien concept at the moment. Rather than using the race card to scare the beneficiaries of the system of economic apartheid you should join in the education of all our citizens on the dangers of having pursued such a program and help in building capacities of those who have been disadvavantaged by it. For me is not a matter of campaigning, its a matter of equal rights and justice.
@ nigel, as someone who, under an afc govt, would be defined not as guyanese but by the colour of my skin and the texture of my hair, i am interested in knowing what the afc will do with people who look like me while the truth and reconciliation commission that you propose is engaged in its extensive hearings and even when it delivers its findings on the "historic causes of raci...sm." how are you going to reverse this perceived racism favouring in your view people who look like me. pls do tell what the afc is going to do to indian business men and indian contractors and indian farmers and indian children who get scholarships and indian people who get jobs? what i find most ironic is that the party claiming to be representative of change is nakedly playing the race card albeit using fancy language. i believe come nov 28th guyanese are going to let the AFC know just how they feel about this divisive politicking. have a good campaign
Nigel Hughes: it's a shame but you sound a little like the white south africans who when faced with the prospect of the end of apartheid and the end of the system of preferred prejudice based on colour, were asking what would happen to white contractors after the removal of apartheid. It is intersting to note that your primary concern here is for those who have benefitted from a system of prejudiced distribution of the state's assets and resources rather than the victims of such a policy. Rest assured that any new government worth its salt will conduct an independent forensic audit, by reputable international firms, of the management and distribution of the patrimony of this country. Similarly any new government worth its salt will respect the sanctity of contract, an alien concept at the moment. Rather than using the race card to scare the beneficiaries of the system of economic apartheid you should join in the education of all our citizens on the dangers of having pursued such a program and help in building capacities of those who have been disadvavantaged by it. For me is not a matter of campaigning, its a matter of equal rights and justice.
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