An advertisement last week for a secretary for the Constitution Reform Commission (CRC) has reminded the public that constitution reform is on the agenda. The CRC was appointed on 3 April 2024. Elections in Guyana are due on or before 2 November 2025. The delay so far does not suggest that the CRC will be in a position to commence its first […]
Author Archives: Ralph Ramkarran
SIR SHRIDATH RAMPHAL
On 20 February 2013, my son Kamal, was on the platform just outside the front door of the offices of Cameron & Shepherd in Avenue of the Republic on the western side of the Victoria Law Courts. This is how he described the occasion. “I was standing on my office platform just before lunch when I […]
GUYANA – SHADES OF AUTOCRACY?
In an article published in SN on August 27 – “Whither Guyana: Autocracy or democracy?” Dr. Bertrand Ramcharan, a former senior UN official and regular contributor to SN, concludes that in Guyana there are “shades” of autocracy. The events that give rise to the “shades” are: “official inquisitions into the tax status of NGOs; calls […]
POLITICS AND THE NATIONAL TOSHAOS’ CONFERENCE
The annual National Toshaos Conference took place during last week and was addressed by President Ali. In his address the President emphasised the contribution that his government has made to the development of Amerindian communities. He pointed to increased budget allocations, extensive distribution of land titles, direct allocation of increased earnings from carbon credit and […]
VENEZUELA UNDER INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE
With very few exceptions, the entire Latin America, Caribbean and North America have now rejected the results of Venezuela’s elections held on 28 July. This was crystalized during last week when the Organisation of American States (OAS) adopted a resolution calling on the Venezuelan government to “expeditiously publish the presidential election records, including the voting […]