THE PPP CONGRESS, AMAILA AND THEIR AFTERMATH

The Amaila Falls Hydro Project became a victim of Guyana’s political culture. The new Cheddi Jagan Airport and the Specialty Hospital are now in jeopardy. It is not known how the PPP came about the idea that it can move these projects forward in the National Assembly without a far higher degree of collaboration and […]

CUFFY WOULD APPEAL TO THE HISTORIC RECORD OF THE PPP, IF HE WERE ALIVE TODAY

By the time this article is published the Emancipation Day commemoration of the 175th Anniversary of the abolition of slavery would have passed. This year also marks the 250th anniversary of the 1763 Slave Rebellion and the 190th anniversary of the 1823 Demerara Slave Rebellion. The 1763 and 1823 Slave Rebellions, along with economic factors, […]

THE PPP HAS GROWN TIRED.

The long anticipated statement by the PPP in response to what I have been writing is a disappointment. Instead of dealing with the issues which I have highlighted, which are of great concern to the people of Guyana and members and supporters of the PPP, it has chosen the well worn path of personal abuse. […]

RESTRUCTURING AND REORGANISING THE PPP

That the current structure of the PPP is no longer effective, accountable and democratic is clearly indicated by the fact that  since I became a member of the PPP’s leading bodies in the early 1970s, none of these bodies have ever had a financial report, despite the fact that a Secretary for Finance is elected […]

THE KLEPTOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF GUYANA

Since the last elections several revelations have emerged of corrupt, and even potentially criminal, activities by persons currently or previously associated with the PPP and who have friends in the leadership or access thereto. Corruption has become so pervasive that it is no longer possible to keep the evidence away from the Press and the […]