Wash this fact away Granja and TK?

During the 1980s, Guyana witnessed a decrease in its GDP growth (its GDP fell by 3 percent in 1990).  Who was President in 1990.

Jaghdeo? YEH right.

The fact DESMOND HOYTE who was buying flowers from flower boy as the economy collapsed.

During these bad old PNC days, there was a deterioration of its infrastructure (including its electric system), and an almost complete halt in local and foreign investment.

Why was all the East Indian businessmen banking their money overseas under HOYTE.

They were afraid of the PNC.

No need to fear Donald Ramutar today, free flow of cash in and out of the country, but nuff bribe have to pass for the PPP boys.

Better than the PNC teking all.

Most Guyanese believe that Desmond Hoyte was the best limb from the PNC tree because he allowed free and fair election. Wrong! Hoyte could not have won election freely, and he could not have rigged election either. Jagan planned carefully for the 1992 election and there were many overseas observers. I agree he did some thing differently, but that what a president is there for. Cheddi Jagan is responsible for free and fair election because he broke the rigging chain from Hoyte time.

Kish, up to the second to last sentence I'm fully with you.

I have a problem though with your last sentence where you make a prediction not even Nostradamus would support.

But I won't quarrel with you on that because [1] we're here to gyaff and [2] some people will say I'm now PNC which is pure fiction.

I-man still supporting dem AFC fellas.

This handsome coolie man responsible for free and fair elections in Guyana. He freed us from PNC political slavery. He gave us freedom like the US of A. BTW, this chap look almost like me when I was younger. Rass! You can't argue with good looks.

As a follow up to my last comment, Kish, I must point out the obvious right under our noses. The PPP has been in power for 22 years but up to now I'm still reading newspaper reports about blackouts and water woes. Someting nah regula deh.

Mr. Gilbakka, Guyanese wouldn't believe they're living in Guyana if there isn't periodic blackouts. They get very much used to it by now. As a matter of fact, it's a good survival exercise in case of an emergency.

Do you have to chatay Kwamee bt  as a survival exercise too?

Cobra, we can't argue about his looks.

I will qualify your first sentence, however. It is a half truth and the same handsome coolie man used to repeat that a half truth was worse than a lie.

The full unadulterated truth is that the handsome coolie man plus some not good looking people from the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy plus a savvy old white man named Jimmy Carter all combined their energies and convinced middle-aged Mr Hoyte to hold free and fair elections.

And, don't forget wha happen from 3 o'clock on the afternoon of election day in front the Elections Commission building on Croal Street.

A PNC crowd was building up and near sundown they caused big obstruction and commotion and destruction as the ballot boxes were entering the compound.

At that critical moment old Jimmy Carter appeared with some US Secret Service men in bullet-proof vests. The crowd blocked Mr Carter from entering the Elections Commission compound.

But, as you know Mr Carter was a very powerful man. He tek a satellite phone from one SS agent and dialed Mr Hoyte direct, then he stood and waited. In less than 15 minutes plenty riot squad police turned up and fired tear gas and pushed back the PNC hooligans at gun point. Mr Carter was cool, calm and collected as he and his entourage walked into the compound to start observing the ballot counting.

How do I know this, Cobra? I was a journalist with my notebook and pen standing not too far off and I witnessed the whole shebang.

While all that was going on at the Elections Commission, in the rest of Guyana there were observer teams from the Carter Centre, the Patriotic Coalition for Democracy, a group named GUARD with Yesu Persaud and NK Gopaul, another local group named the Electoral Assistance Bureau plus people from the political parties, mekking sure no fraud occurred.

To sum up: The handsome coolie man in yuh pictcha was not the only one who ensured free and fair elections on October 5, 1992.

Cobra, I-man now living near Cain in Toronto and you now living near Nehru somewhere in New Yark. It's easy to mek dat statement yuh mek hey.

But put yourself in the place of a mother with a baby on a blackout night. The baby suddenly coongsee like slurpy hindu halwah and smelling like shite but no light and no water available to clean the poor picknee batty and legs properly, or its mumma hands for that matter.

How do I know that? My only son was born in October 1991 and my poor wife experienced many nights of that shit.

I'm sure there are many mothers with newborns in Guyana today. How can they get used to it? 

They deserve a better life.

Uncle Gilly thanks for your comment.

We cannot agree on everything.

I amn think Granja is not good for Guyana, he is an arrogant sod who had his head in a cloud and not with the people.

"fair skin patacake" man . . . sing we wan mo PPP song nah

Interesting debate.

Now this reference by Redux to fair skin is an extremely racist post.

Could Redux not use a better collection of words?

Redux na moh racist dan KishanB/Rev AL. Na kid yuh self bai.

shouldn't you be asking 'kishanB' why he used the term in the first place? . . . that's why it's in quotes fool

fascinating how y'all does scream foul when y'all OWN WORDS are shoved back down alyuh throat

  THis was PNC Guyana, but it appeared that Mr Gerhard was living in Germany and Mr. TK was living in India in an RSS camp as a Ravi Dev student.

They nah experience Hoyte properly.  They are reciting what they are being told to write in order to get the PNC back bench after 2016.

Shame on them for selling out all the people who suffered under PNC rule including afro-Guyanese.

Just as Eusi Kwayana.

He said "

Leader of the People’s National Congress 1970s regime, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham, had made public his intention to crush the country’s political opposition and had declared war on the Working People’s Alliance (WPA), co-founder of the party, Eusi Kwayana said on Wednesday."

What rubbish you posting here Cobra.  No one wants blackout.

Look behave you foolish self.

Burnham had a new tactic to break workers strikes. Burnham sent PNC thugs and supporters to break strikes. Scabs were employed while legitimate workers were victimised, harassed and eventually dismissed.

PNC part 1 = PNC part 2 = no respect for the people of Guyana.

banna, u prancing around this BB in a dutty see-thru skirt with no panties bullhorning 40 year-old general stuff everybady already know like it's freakin breaking news

give it a rest and GO HOME to the PPP kriminal nest already, arite?

they need your kind to tamp down de tiefin and strengthen ideological racism in the party

From a strong supporter of the PPP. How ironic that this was published today.