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Now that the final court as ruled, one commends the Granger government for now focusing on setting the stage for new elections while being in a "caretaker mode."

This election is arguably going to be the most important in Guyana's sorry political history as the country will have to decide on whether to continue towards the path of building a non racial identity or go back to the ways of the sorry past where racism by a small group of people were allowed to infect the body politic.

Everyone in the region has a stake in Guyana's politics and one hopes that CARICOM will take an active role in working with Guyana's opposition to curb their dangerous tendency to conjure up racist political themes in order to win and hold on to political power.

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In reply to Emir

Only thing is this Govt is lingering illegally after NO Confidence vote, so hard to see any future with them.

Even after CCJ slapped them down on all counts, they still dilly dallying
And stalling. Respect lost.

Granger is a crook running an illegal Govt

Get on with the elections President Shuman time

In reply to Curtis

Is the opposition prepared to change its racist stripes and commit towards building a non racial democracy?

In reply to Emir

Is either party there now capable of building a non racial democracy?

It's the pitfall of having race-based political parties that Neither party is willing to change. The spoils of the party in power will inevitably benefit their supporters, as happens in non-race based poltical models.

For you to overtly claim one party is racist and the other is not, is without merit.

Granger wants to pick his own list of candidates then approve his pick.

This man intentions are to rig and stay in power by all means necessary.

Depending on the sweetness of the oil deals they will throw at the US, he might escape sanctions etc

Lets see if Guyana can avoid getting fcuked here

In reply to steveo

This is politics not racism.


You have no proof of that and it is simply not true.



This statement exposes your colonial mentality- looking at USA or Britain to "do something." Guyanese have to solve their own problem



Solve racism- which is being kept alive and relevant in Guyana by the "Indo" movement and your problem will be fixed.

In reply to Emir

Address Curtis please

In reply to Curtis

Well this is the ultimate question, isn't it.

I honestly believe, and my belief has evolved as I grew older over the decades, that Afro Guyanese have been open, willing and are desirous of taking their country towards a non racial democracy. More, they see Guyanese of South Asian Ancestry (The term "Indo" must not be used) as equals.

Unfortunately, a small but politically powerful movement of Guyanese of South Asian Ancestry created a racist ideology aimed against Afro Guyanese and this belief has grown and evolved over the decades, with the rise of the Hindu fundamentalism and the Shiv Sena movement in India.

The term "Indo Guyanese" was created by them for a very specific aim and meaning. Why will any patriotic Guyanese even want to primarily refer his identify as "Indo" after almost 200 years after the kali pana passage from South Asia and after being disowned and scorned by modern day Indians from India?

Panday once told me how sickening this was and in the early 90's when he was in NYC, he took an interview from a Guyanese lady who had a leased time slot on a Indian TV station for a "Indo Guyanese" show.
He was PM then, the lady asked him if he considered himself as "Trinidadian" or "Indian" He felt sorry for her, but it was reflective of Guyanese- how backward thinking this was- In Trinidad that type of thinking was unheard off among the young folks- it was long buried.

When I was a kid growing up and even into my adulthood in the 50'- 60's that term was unheard off and later into the 70's Chedi never liked it nor did believe in it even if though he politically manipulated it for power.

Refer to the GOPIO movement.

So yes, I believe the onus is on Guyanese of South Asian ancestry to meet their Afro Guyanese brothers in the middle, the ball is in their court.

In reply to Emir

What is the Indo movement blowhard? Is it the same movement that Volda Laurence, PNC minster saying that jobs and contracts are only for her friends? Is it the same movement where the housing minster is awarding contracts to her husband's company?

Could it be the same movement where the Telecommunications minister awards contracts to her own company?

Had it not been for the indo vote, would this government would have been in place today, your racist pile of shit??


What Granger is doing is illegal, as has been illustrated by the CCJ's decision and he is continuing in his path of illegalities, the only course of action by the opposition is to go to the CCJ again and again which is only extending the illegal government's stay in govt, where they have been acting in a manner that is anything but "caretaker", avoiding the bidding process and awarding contracts after contracts to their supporters.



If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

In reply to Runs

See above

In reply to Emir

Your “honest belief “is clearly just that and very lacking. The terms indo Guyanese and afro Guyanese/Caribbean is clearly a cultural identity that feeds into a broader Guyanese and Caribbean culture. Nothing wrong with people embracing their culture and religion. This makes them stronger.
Utter rubbish about Hindu fundamentalists in Guyana...maybe where you are from, but not here. You seem a troubled soul that has an axe to grind with Indians from India, Indo Guyanese, Guyanese, and Hindus. Why is that?