Whether run by the military or headed by former military men have never run an economicly successful country anywhere, so will the current administration in Gy be the exception or will it follow the rule?
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2017-01-02 21:53:38
2017-01-02 22:06:51
In reply to Darkness
How is the Guyana Government a Military Government?
2017-01-02 22:29:03
In reply to black
Black, I would think that he referencing the closeness of this president with the military. Quite a few ex-military men are in key positions, and that is worrisome for the population who don't identify with the military
2017-01-02 22:36:54
In reply to Darkness
who built South Korea?
Malaysia & Thailand to lesser degrees.
2017-01-02 22:40:31
See here...a Kaieteur News article below.
Camos, S Korea is not a multi ethnic country whose citizens experience of the military is one of victimization and electoral rigging. Hence the distrust. The military of Guyana has a dubious past.
There is a Freudian touch to the decision of the government to host its Cabinet meetings at Camp Ayanganna, the central military base of the Guyana Defence Force. In any other part of the world, such a decision would have been unthinkable in a democracy.
Even in Venezuela where Hugo Chávez, a former paratrooper, was once President, it would have been a political hot potato, for him to have kept Cabinet meetings at a military location. It is a central tenet of democratic rule that there is civilian oversight over the military. There are concerted efforts made to keep the politics and the military separate, and not to contaminate the two by bringing the military into politics or by politicizing the military.
The APNU-AFC coalition has been walking a dangerous course since it came to office. The government and the bureaucracy have seen an unprecedented level of involvement by ex-military men. A number of Commissions of Inquiries were recently launched, and almost all of them were headed by ex-military personnel.
Even in Venezuela where Hugo Chávez, a former paratrooper, was once President, it would have been a political hot potato, for him to have kept Cabinet meetings at a military location. It is a central tenet of democratic rule that there is civilian oversight over the military. There are concerted efforts made to keep the politics and the military separate, and not to contaminate the two by bringing the military into politics or by politicizing the military.
The APNU-AFC coalition has been walking a dangerous course since it came to office. The government and the bureaucracy have seen an unprecedented level of involvement by ex-military men. A number of Commissions of Inquiries were recently launched, and almost all of them were headed by ex-military personnel.
2017-01-02 22:46:09
In reply to runout
OK! What of Chile?
2017-01-02 22:52:18
In reply to camos
Same difference. The experience of the Chilean people with their military is very different.
Have there been an active military involvement with overt support for a dictatorship in Chile?
Lets not bemoan the point, but note very well that there is an uneasiness with segments of the Guyanese population because of the history of the military in Guyana.
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