Tag Archives: PNC

The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr Ralph Gonsalves on Saturday declared that he is a “friend” of Guyana and its President, Irfaan Ali, but in an effort to settle the dispute over the 2020 election results, he sole interest was to ensure that the laws were obeyed. “All I was asking for in Guyana was that ...

By GHK Lall I keep it simple in this chat about democracy versus autocracy in Guyana. I agree and disagree with the erudite Dr. Bertrand Ramcharran. I mostly disagree with those who disagree with him. First, some poor man’s definitions would help. Democracy is government by those with the greater numbers, a system where high ideals once resonated. Autocracy is ...

Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus I couldn’t help but notice how the WPA literally inserted itself between the PNC and AFC at the Buxton line-top on Emancipation Day. While the photographer who took the shot of Norton and Hughes with the WPA must be given credit, one must wonder why these parties have to rely on the weakest chain in ...

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 ...

Incumbent Leader of the People’s National Congress Reform (PNCR), Aubrey Norton on Friday dismissed calls by his opponent for upcoming internal elections, Roysdale Forde, for Congress Administrator Sherwin Benjamin to be removed or asked to resign because of bias and ineligibility. “I don’t see the basis for the removal of Sherwin Benjamin. Sherwin Benjamin served this party. He is committed ...

By Dr. Randy Persaud, Professor Emeritus “…[T]here were, in fact, shockingly brazen attempts…to derail and corrupt the statutorily prescribed procedure for the counting, ascertaining and tabulation of votes of the March 2nd election…” (COI Report on the 2020 Guyana Elections). “[W]e must ask – on what grounds and by what form of executive fiat does the Chief Elections Officer determine ...

By Retired Rear Admiral Dr Gary Best  Apart from the glimmer, glamour, and dancing imitations, not to mention the short skit showing disdain for the nation teachers’ struggle for better salaries and benefits, the PPP’s exceptionally long-overdue congress brought nothing new. Certainly, no real changes. What the PPP said were ‘changes’ is a camouflage for it remaining the same. In ...

by GHK Lall There is something in the air that introduces edginess. Something is not smelling right. The atmosphere has a taste that’s strange; it is not quite metallic, but there is an acidic strain about it. It has to do with the good, ole U.S. of A. I am getting the heebie-jeebies, getting ready to stand to attention. Reading ...

By Moses Bhagwan and Eusi Kwayana We write as two Guyanese who have come out of the leadership of both major parties, who have lived through the violence of the 1960s, and who have been following with deep sadness and alarm the news of the outbreak of conflict following a mainly peaceful electoral campaign and voting process in our beloved ...

By GHK Lall As I note the campaign emphases of the two major political parties in this elections season, there is one significant and startling difference from the ones that went before. Neither the PNC nor the PPP is going near to it or mentioning it and, from all appearances, both are distancing themselves from it. That is, other than ...