I said it here before that many Indian supporters will either stay away or vote with their feet.

Leh we hear story nuh man. Why wait for it get ole?

Meh nah like how this thing sound. Asj, behave youself, bhai.

Irfaan Ali does as he damn well pleases. Sometimes, I wonder if any of the ministers actually do any work at all. It appears, Ali is a late riser and has no respect for appointments.

Rev Roly Poly Aly, you seem to forget that your mother was a Dirty PNC INdian.

Many Indian supporters are disenchanted by the PPP/C, so when supporters who knows that their parents, themselves and families supported PPP/C for dankey years, and when the PPP/C makes a promise  for something very easy, and they failed miserably to deliver, then it is time that Indian kick their asses out.

 The alternative to the PPP is afc/pnc supported by the pedophile gang led by mjuanita and company. It is a case of the lesser of evils. I doubt that enough time has passed for Indians to forget the cruelty and destruction of the pnc/afc.

ASJ was in Guyana in Nov 2011 so he has a feeling for the sentiment of the people.  ASJ also know that the AFC did well due to corruption within the PPP.  The Guyanese are left with the choice of the despotic/racist PNC, the corrupt PPP and the more corrupt AFC.  There is little hope except god send his son to rescue Guyana.

baseman, remind us again (in detail, please) how AFC "corruption" is even in the same universe much less exceeds the murdering/despotic/racist PPP

oh wait . . . i see u recommend that Guyanese staan easy and tek de PPP no-vaseline bug**ring until Christ come

hmmm??

Stabroek News, October 7, 2013

Dear Editor,

I was in the audience (as a scribe reporting for community publications) last Friday evening at the Queens public meeting where President Donald Ramotar updated the diaspora on the state of affairs in their homeland and fielded questions.Donald was booed a couple times (for remarks contrasting crime and sanitation with other countries and on corruption) and praised several times. What struck my attention was not what the President said but what he did not do or say. He failed to acknowledge and recognize the significant contributions of some towering New York-based personalities who helped to put the PPP into office and who played a critical role in the restoration of democracy in Guyana. He should have used his trip and or the speech to bring healing to and unite the disparate factions of the PPP’s support group, Association of Concerned Guyanese.

At the Ramotar public engagement, I saw former loyalists of the Association of Concerned Guyanese, support group of the PPP in America, who had a public fall-out with Mr Ramotar and who were very critical of him prior to the November 2011 elections. I know these individuals very well since 1977 having joined them (though I am not an ACG member) in protests, rallies, picketing exercises, etc, against the 24 year old PNC dictatorship. They were a small group but very dedicated to the cause and effective at organizing public actions and several of them attended numerous protest events and rallies organized by myself, Dr Baytoram Ramharack and Vassan Ramracha – all pioneers and founding fathers of the New York Guyanese revolutionary movement that helped to usher in democracy in the homeland. The PPP and Guyanese owe the ACG early activists (such as Arjune Karshan, Chuck Mohan, Mel Carpen, Joe Kanhai, Flatty Singh, Danny Singh, John Drepaul, ‘V’, etc), and later ones like Joe Kanhai, Abudul Hafeez, Chris Sarabit and his brother Michael, Samad Ally, individuals like Ramharack, Ramracha, Joe Ragnauth (DLM), Mahadeo Persaud, Dr Ravi Dev, Pandit Ramlall, Ramesh Kalicharran, Vishnu Bandhu, others activists of the WPA support group, etc a debt of gratitude for their commitment to the struggle. Political struggle was not easy. Very few people were interested in Guyana and we could not raise a dollar from them. Only a handful of us took up the cudgel — unrelenting in our activism to lobby international organizations and governments for the restoration of democracy in our former homeland. Even a Chinese Jamaican, Richard Chin, who joined us in the struggle, deserves kudos. Many of the activists suffered tremendously because of their commitment to the struggle – families were neglected and broken. Because they were so strongly wedded to the anti-dictatorial movement, some marriages ended in divorce. Some of the activists like Ramharack, Vassan, and myself gave virtually all of our financial resources to the movement; our incomes were used to fund activities and print literature for free public distribution. Virtually no New Yorker, apart from Karshan who served as Ambassador to Suriname for over 10 years, who partook in the revolution was ever recognized, honoured or rewarded for their immense contributions to the struggle. A few opportunists were highly rewarded. The ACG splintered after the restoration of democracy and the departure of Karshan who was the leader of the group for many years.

President Ramotar had a historic and unique opportunity last Friday to make a gesture to those former stalwarts of the struggle of the need for healing and a desire to reconcile factions. The presence of some of these ACG founders and activists, once critics of Mr Ramotar and former President Jagdeo, at the meeting was a clear signal of their desire for reconciliation with the PPP leadership but no one paid heed. President Ramotar should have taken advantage of his presence in NY to unite the various factions and to bring former stalwarts together.

Compromise and reconciliation with critics (overseas and domestic) are critical for the PPP especially if it is to recover lost support. The former PPP activists, turned critics, are not enemies of the party. They ought to be recognized for their hard work to help liberate Guyana from oppressive rule. On the issue of reconciliation, the PPP also needs to reach out to others who left (or were pushed out) for whatever reason. One name that comes to mind (and there are several including Lionel Peters, Sasenarine Singh, etc) is the experienced and highly respected Ralph Ramkarran. The PPP cannot afford to lose one vote and it will be very difficult for the party to win a majority in the next election without Ramkarran (given that Moses Nagamootoo is campaigning against the PPP) high in the line-up. And elections are not far away with Moses threatening a no confidence vote, the PNC saying it is ready for an election, and the PPP saying elections will be held soon. Reconciliation with constructive critics and former stalwarts, overseas activists, etc, is urgently needed by President Ramotar and General Secretary Clement Rohee in order to strengthen the party.

Yours faithfully,
Vishnu Bisram

One of the many reasons why people would not go out and vote for the PPP/C:

If one should take a look in any PPP/C area, they will be sick to their stomach to see what is going on......the streets are like Atlantic Ocean when rain falls,.........the play Ground or Ball Field as we calls is like the Amazon Jungles with bushes all around. They do not collect Garbage, as it is dumped by the street corner.

PPP/C Irfan Ally, was in a specific area during his walk a thon at the East Bank and at a meeting he promised to at least fixed the Ball field, but what did we have....another big cock by another PPP/C Minister, and this is happening all over the PPP/C strongholds......where people do not care if the PPP or the PNC Wins......it would be a waste of time and effort to go out and vote for the PPP/C

The PPP/C has lost its credibility.

Bai we need not get to Rev Mama,

HIs mother and father supported Burnham.

I think the PPP will go down this time.  I speak to many Indians and they want a change and may go with the PNC.  The PPP never recoup from the drift they have been in since prior to the last election.  Their incompetence and corruption have accelerated.

Granger looks like a house and TK like a mouse!

... I speak to many Indians and they want a change and may go with the PNC.

What a thing to go into the history books during the reign of Jabba Da Hutt caused by the past leadership of Jags.

This would show the people here and others who have been vocal against the PPP Govt have all along been correct doesn't it?

Look at TK, he put himself in the middle, ready to spout PNC drivel.  

3 elections ago people were saying the same thing, that the Indians will vote for PNC. Now we see ASJ after needing a break from his usual terrorist rantings, he suddenly discovered Guyana existed. 

1. Brassington is making the PPP/c look bad.

2. The Marriot is seen like another Buddy's transaction.

3. The Berbice Bridge Rip off of Berbicians for the benefit of a few PPP/C cronies.

4. The white elephant Skeldon Sugar Estate.

5. Empty promises made by PPP/C politicians in the heat of the moment.

6. Escalating crime rates and the unpopularity and no confidence in Rohee and a few others.

7. .......

Many feel it's a waste of time voting and may stay away from the polls.