The Leader of the Opposition is a constitutional office. He or she is elected at a meeting of the non-governmental members elected to the National Assembly. The meeting is convened and presided over by the Clerk. After the Leader is elected, the President is informed by the Speaker and the President then appoints the elected […]
Category Archives: Analysis
In normal circumstances, the shape of political discourse in the coming period would be dictated by the results of the elections. The results have been shocking. APNU has been decimated. Its presence in the National Assembly, in alliance with the AFC, has been reduced from 31 to 12. Aubrey Norton, while remaining leader of the […]
The unanimous opinion of American observers is that Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation, scored a major victory by merely securing an invitation to visit the United States. The embellishment of the victory by a red carpet welcome, a warm handshake, a Jet Fighter Escort, a ride with President Trump in his limousine […]
Donald Trump’s resounding victory has shattered the Democratic Party and the coalitions that sustained it since Franklyn Delano Rooseveldt and the New Deal. A Republican Party that has been having great difficulty in recent decades in sustaining an electoral majority captured enough of the white working class in 2016 to give it electoral victory. It has now expanded that support to include enough African-American men, Latinos and youth to give Trump an overwhelming victory.Trump is no longer […]
There is always much to write about Guyana. But whether there is anything this week beyond the regular news, good and bad, to interest the reader enough to spend fifteen minutes on a Sunday morning on a 800-word article, is doubtful. One exception is the election of Kamal Ramkarran as the new Bar Association President. […]
