This article was written and published in September, 2021, under the title “D’Urban Park,” urging its creation as a ‘recreational space,’ one of the objectives of the President’s Plan to rescue Georgetown. Now is therefore an opportune time to revive consideration of the future of D’Urban Park.
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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 […]
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 […]
Congratulations to the Peoples Progressive Party/Civic are well deserved on its resounding victory at the general and regional elections just concluded. Congratulations are also due to President Dr. Irfaan Ali for his sterling leadership and on securing a second term as the President of Guyana. For determining and managing the electoral strategy of the winning […]
Pre-election periods in Guyana have always been generally peaceful, except for 1992. Post-election periods have sometimes been accompanied by violence, and always by drama. In 1992, tension pervaded the atmosphere because the outcome was uncertain for a multiplicity of reasons. Free and fair elections had last been held in 1964. It was generally expected that the PNC would lose and that the PPP, either alone or in coalition with other […]
