Opinion

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus Good writers always have an exit. By this I mean that when you back yourself into a corner, you have a full repertoire of strategic or tactical moves that can bail you out. This is normal when you write regularly about politics, and especially important when you situate yourself in the upper echelons of ...

by GHK Lall The new AFC Leader, Mr. Nigel Hughes, is hitting some sweet notes. As much as I give him a hand, there is still that sour one hanging. Mr. Hughes has spoken of plans, of what he would do in his first 100 days if elected to Guyana’s highest national political office. Good, so far, and though only ...

by GHK Lall The PNC has publicly stated that it is considering contesting the 2025 elections without coalition partners. There is some wisdom to that, but admission follows quickly: the mathematical logic is lost on me. Perhaps, the PNC knows more about this than I, has some secret assets in its bag. The PNC has made its position clear: the ...

by GHK Lall “Nigel Hughes says no law prevents him from representing Exxon while leading AFC” (KN, July 03). I agree. Without looking at a single line on a single page in any single chapter of the laws of Guyana, I wholeheartedly agree with my brother, C.A. Nigel Hughes. But I disagree with him. Not just in passing and superficially, ...

by GHK Lall Nigel Hughes has cleared the first hurdle. He has got some others coming his way, and they promise to test him in so many ways. His maneuvering skills, backroom strengths, broad-based appeal, and starting to deliver on some of what he has made his heartfelt positions will all be subjected to grueling challenges. How much staying power ...

By GHK Lall The man of the moment is Mr. Aubrey C. Norton. His mantle is to be the man for the times ahead. On a surge of support from his comrades, an almost unanimous verdict is his to run with, in the course that he charts. I say almost because there were those notable absences that spoke so much ...

by GHK Lall Corruption is more than a cancer. Corruption is more killing Guyanese by a thousand cuts. Corruption is embalming Guyana while its citizens are still alive. First, the vital national organs are removed. What this country has left is the people that fall under the shell of inhabitants. Citizens are too high a branch to be aimed for, ...

by GHK Lall In Shakespeare’s Richard III, the endangered king cried out, “A horse, a horse! My kingdom for a horse…” (Act 5, Scene 4). In Guyana, the people also cried out, ‘a president, a president, anything for a president.’ Look first at what they were willing to trade and give, then examine what they got in return. A warrior-prevaricator-dodger-jester ...

BY GHK Lall I hear some good words, absorb some good moves. May the good in all its pristine qualities result. First, Mr. Nazar Mohamed of grim OFAC developments resigned as PPP Councilor for the Eccles/Ramsburg area. It is a good early move. Second, President Irfaan Ali says not compromised by association with the Mohameds. That is also good, if ...

by GHK Lall I thought that the Opposition Leader, Mr. Aubrey Norton, had seized the high ground and was in the clear. Wrong on both counts. The first was based on his 90 second audio-video, the second on the response of the alleged victim, which I read, but hadn’t seen. My understanding is that the video lends emotional power to ...