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Dear Editor,

It is an accepted fact that politics in Guyana is defined and shaped by race; political parties are race based. But whereas in the recent past, a party, like the PPP, for example, could win an election because of race arithmetic was in its favour, this is no longer the case as the latest census reveals. Multi-racial or multi-party coalition is the only road to government. It is also the right course of politics in Guyana because no party or no race should dominate the others. The PPP, indeed all the parties, must pursue multi-ethnic alliances to win an election. Racial tokenism (such as appointing representatives of the various groups to feign multi-racialism) as happened under both the PNC and PPP will not work. There must be genuine inter-party or racial alliances – shared power.

The PNC-led APNU has coalesced and was successful at the last election. The PPP needs to follow a similar strategy to improve its chances at the next election. To promote racial healing and national unity, all the opposition forces (old political and ideological rivals) must come together. But there seems to be resistance from the PPP leadership.

It is understood from PPP sources that a multi-party alliance does not find favour among all members of the executive, some of whom fear their own loss of influence and title in the party should the party go down that road. These individuals are not concerned about nation, supporters, and the future of the party, but themselves.  They fail to recognize that without a real multi-party or multi-racial alliance, the PPP will find it difficult, if not impossible, to win. Besides, a multi-racial or multi-party alliance is best for the divided country to bring people together; that is a prerequisite for national development.

The old timers in the PPP have to stop seeing about an alliance amounting to a deviation from the core values of communism, as was the thought during the 1970s and 1980s when some PPPites crossed over to the PNC because that was where the soup was flowing. The old timers have to recognize that communism got it removed from power three times already, and will keep it out of power for years to come unless the party moves to the centre and starts making alliances with other forces regardless of ideology. If the PNC and AFC can come together, why can’t the PPP form an alliance with other democratic or right-of-centre forces? In several countries, right and left have come together, as indeed have enemies, for the greater good of the country. During the struggle for the restoration of democracy in Guyana, right and left embraced each other. Such an alliance, even where a political outfit has token support, is needed now more than ever because one party or one race dominance must come to an end. The PNC coalesced with parties whose support can be counted on one hand, but such an alliance helped the PNC’s image eventually vaulting it into office with an alliance with AFC and its Indian base.

The PPP needs to recognize that embracing other political forces is not a betrayal of hard core communist or Marxist or Leninist or Maoist principles, and, in fact, is in complete consonance with political goals, empowering the middle, professional, lower and working classes of the society. Besides, ideological purity will not get the PPP very far as it found in its history since 1950 – being thrown out of office three times on account of its unnecessary fight with the US and Britain. In addition, the PPP is facing an unprecedented crisis in terms of both strategy and tactics to win office. There has been significant erosion of its electoral ethnic base as also its political influence that migrated to the AFC because it was neglected and abused by some PPP leaders. Every time the PPP attacked the US and Britain it lost support.   The elections in 2011 and 2015 saw diminishing returns marking an electoral decline for the PPP. Also, the party lacks attractive candidates to win the next election on its own.

Now that the PPP’s return to office and its very future are at stake, ideological purity (adherence to and deviation from) should not be a priority. Multi-racial and multi-party unity should be its focus. It was in pursuit of the same ideological purity that saw the PPP overthrown in 1953 and 1964 and kept the party out of office for 28 years. There is nothing wrong with allying with ‘bourgeois’ forces for the greater good of the country. In Italy, France, Greece, UK, India, Finland, Sweden, etc, the left teamed up with the right. In Guyana, the left wing WPA allied with the party that is accused of killing its leader, Dr Rodney.  The TUF had collaborated with the PPP between 2006 and 2011. At one time, the PPP was willing to tie up with the WPA, DLM, TUF, URP and PDM to get into government. Dr Jagan put together an alliance in 1992 embracing bourgeois forces to get into office. So what is the problem with seeking a similar alliance now?

If the PPP leadership were to traverse the ground, they will find that grass-roots supporters and the professional classes want the PPP to form a multi-force alliance joining hands to face up to an existential threat from a common opponent. This issue of an alliance also matters for the larger polity because of complaints about the militarization of the state, among other things. These and other reasons should be sufficient to settle the debate on the necessity of a broad united front. Majoritarian politics or one party rule must come to an end. Parties must be willing to join forces in contesting elections to address the serious racial division facing our nation.

 Yours faithfully,

Vishnu Bisram

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The brown bai KKK will call one of their buddies a Congolover, Cuffylover, niggIndian, neemakaram, and other names.

Billy must be very angry after his hysterical screaming that Indians are still the majority and any who say otherwise are preaching Indo Holocaust.

FM

Trump said the other night that he "alone can fix it". Bernie responded immediately by asking if Trump would be a President or a dictator. That is the horrible connotation that that phrase 'I alone can' send to democratic minded people. I see an all party coalition in the same manner. Everyone on the same page is bad for honest governance and will only make politicians even more corrupted. What we need is a government that will all work for the wellbeing of all Guyanese but keep their sovereignty as a workable checks and balance system. I do believe that Guyana has to move away from racial voting though.

FM
ksazma posted:

Trump said the other night that he "alone can fix it". Bernie responded immediately by asking if Trump would be a President or a dictator. That is the horrible connotation that that phrase 'I alone can' send to democratic minded people. I see an all party coalition in the same manner. Everyone on the same page is bad for honest governance and will only make politicians even more corrupted. What we need is a government that will all work for the wellbeing of all Guyanese but keep their sovereignty as a workable checks and balance system.I do believe that Guyana has to move away from racial voting though.

I do believe there will be reduction in the next two election cycles.

Django
ksazma posted:

Trump said the other night that he "alone can fix it". Bernie responded immediately by asking if Trump would be a President or a dictator. That is the horrible connotation that that phrase 'I alone can' send to democratic minded people. I see an all party coalition in the same manner. Everyone on the same page is bad for honest governance and will only make politicians even more corrupted. What we need is a government that will all work for the wellbeing of all Guyanese but keep their sovereignty as a workable checks and balance system. I do believe that Guyana has to move away from racial voting though.

Don't think that he is asking for a PPP/PNC alliance.  He wants the PPP to demonstrate its openness to the black and mixed population, which now collectively outnumber Indians, and are mainly quite hostile to the PPP.

Now if the PPP kisses Jagdeo and Rohee goodbye, as they have too much baggage, and work with some of the independent groups, which emerged in PNC strongholds in the last LGE, they can then present a face which seems less hostile to blacks.

THAT is how the PPP can survive the continued implosion of their base, and the fact that they can no longer buy Amerindian votes.

FM
caribny posted:
ksazma posted:

Trump said the other night that he "alone can fix it". Bernie responded immediately by asking if Trump would be a President or a dictator. That is the horrible connotation that that phrase 'I alone can' send to democratic minded people. I see an all party coalition in the same manner. Everyone on the same page is bad for honest governance and will only make politicians even more corrupted. What we need is a government that will all work for the wellbeing of all Guyanese but keep their sovereignty as a workable checks and balance system. I do believe that Guyana has to move away from racial voting though.

Don't think that he is asking for a PPP/PNC alliance.  He wants the PPP to demonstrate its openness to the black and mixed population, which now collectively outnumber Indians, and are mainly quite hostile to the PPP.

Now if the PPP kisses Jagdeo and Rohee goodbye, as they have too much baggage, and work with some of the independent groups, which emerged in PNC strongholds in the last LGE, they can then present a face which seems less hostile to blacks.

THAT is how the PPP can survive the continued implosion of their base, and the fact that they can no longer buy Amerindian votes.

By the time 2020 comes around, both major parties will have to work very hard to get voters enthusiastic of their parties. Hopefully that hard work will teach then to not take their supporters for granted and force them to honor their pledge to govern for the people.

FM
ksazma posted:
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By the time 2020 comes around, both major parties will have to work very hard to get voters enthusiastic of their parties. Hopefully that hard work will teach then to not take their supporters for granted and force them to honor their pledge to govern for the people.

By 2030 the largest group in Guyana will be mixed people. Given their current voting patterns, guess which party will have to work even harder to win, that is if they are still around.

FM

Whatever Vishnu Bisram is smoking, he needs to get off it soon.  What we need in Guyana is strong government and an equally strong Opposition to keep checks and balances.  If they all rule together they will thief together and the people will be screwed.

Bibi Haniffa
caribny posted:
ksazma posted:
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By the time 2020 comes around, both major parties will have to work very hard to get voters enthusiastic of their parties. Hopefully that hard work will teach then to not take their supporters for granted and force them to honor their pledge to govern for the people.

By 2030 the largest group in Guyana will be mixed people. Given their current voting patterns, guess which party will have to work even harder to win, that is if they are still around.

Not in your lifetime. What happens if the mixed people vote PPP? Remember not all the children of mixed couples will be dugla. Some might be coolie looking and some might be negro looking. Even the dugla and black people want to look like coolies. I personally think they will associate with the coolies and ignore the PNC.

FM

East Indians of Guyana have to strive for a new approach. Guyana will never work. It is a waste of time for East Indians to try to rule Africans.  It is destroying our people and will continue to destroy our people until we are reduced to an insignificant stump of ourselves. Instead we must strive to establish a democratic independent country model on the Scandinavian welfare state for our people. So that the end result can be that survival of our people for many years into the future on the South American continent.

 

Prashad

Underlying Mr Bisram's thesis is an acceptance of the trend that Guyanese chiefly vote race and will continue to vote race. So, by that logic, if an Indo party teams up with a party or parties of other races, things would be better. I don't think so.

There needs to be a revolutionary change in the mindset of Guyanese voters. They need to stop voting race, period. They need to assess each party's program/platform and vote according to their conscience, ie, what they believe to be the best program for themselves. Voting race is not voting according to conscience. That is a no-brainer. 

Up to a month before the May 2015 general elections I was optimistic that the racial voting pattern was about to crumble. But during the final weeks of campaigning Bharrat Jagdeo and the PPP, aided and abetted by the likes of Swami Aksharananda and Dr Baytoram Ramharrack and Ryhaan Shah and Ravi Dev, made a frenzied appeal for Indian solidarity. That tactic paid off in the sense that the PPP garnered more votes than it did in 2011. But it has left Guyana deeply divided as never before. 

FM

How about when the Blacks went about Black Village beating drums proclaiming, "Get up and guh vote out dem kulies."

Doan even mention dem goodly Indian people names. Unless you mention David Hinds, Agunsye, Hamilton Green, Forbes Burnham, Granger, Caribj, D2, ACDA and just about the whole Black population.

Man, look hey, dem racists too. And way up to the Hot Place.

Yuh tinking with Black people biases. Iz wah kulies done 2 yuh recently.

Wid such kind of thinking, how u expect the nation to rationalize who dem should vote for, when yuh telling dem dey is racists.

 

S
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seignet posted:

How about when the Blacks went about Black Village beating drums proclaiming, "Get up and guh vote out dem kulies."

Doan even mention dem goodly Indian people names. Unless you mention David Hinds, Agunsye, Hamilton Green, Forbes Burnham, Granger, Caribj, D2, ACDA and just about the whole Black population.

Man, look hey, dem racists too. And way up to the Hot Place.

Yuh tinking with Black people biases. Iz wah kulies done 2 yuh recently.

Wid such kind of thinking, how u expect the nation to rationalize who dem should vote for, when yuh telling dem dey is racists.

 

My point is still valid, Siggy. While I didn't specify, Afros voted solidly for APNU+AFC because the PNC is the linchpin of APNU. Racial considerations there. This is why I say that there ought to be a complete break from the race pattern to a platform/program/issues pattern.

FM
Bibi Haniffa posted:

Whatever Vishnu Bisram is smoking, he needs to get off it soon.  What we need in Guyana is strong government and an equally strong Opposition to keep checks and balances.  If they all rule together they will thief together and the people will be screwed.

Correct!!  I simpler solution is to allow post elections mergers and de-mergers which will bring real power to smaller parties.  The big parties will no longer be that dominant and will have to tow a line.  If the AFC could have backed away forcing the formation of a new Govt, you can rest assure, the PNC would not have been able to bury them into nothingness!!

FM

Gilbakka your dream will continue to be just a dream in the meantime while you wait for that dream to become reality the East Indian people of Guyana will continue to decrease and their political power and political rights will become less and less. There must be a complete change in mindset and worldview of the East Indian people of Guyana . Every child should see themselves as being part of a sovereign nation of East Indian Guyanese Douglas who embrace their Indian heritage and allies of the East Indian Guyanese people. We are a nation and we must never forget that and pander to other people.

Prashad
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seignet posted:

How about when the Blacks went about Black Village beating drums proclaiming, "Get up and guh vote out dem kulies."

Well it appears you believed what BJ said,that fella is great at making up stories to lure Indians.

I met a friend [84yrs] last week in NY,he told me he had a conversation with BJ,he mentioned to him the high life style of the PPP politicians living among the poor and that will be their down fall,it reminds him of the lavish life style of the Colonials,he bluntly said them chaps is no different,he had no good word to say about the fella on the WCD, who built pool house and having lavish parties with females,he said he could have gone some other place to build his mansion on[property formerly owned by Guysuco],than living like a king among the poor.

Django
Gilbakka posted:

Underlying Mr Bisram's thesis is an acceptance of the trend that Guyanese chiefly vote race and will continue to vote race. So, by that logic, if an Indo party teams up with a party or parties of other races, things would be better. I don't think so.

There needs to be a revolutionary change in the mindset of Guyanese voters. They need to stop voting race, period. They need to assess each party's program/platform and vote according to their conscience, ie, what they believe to be the best program for themselves. Voting race is not voting according to conscience. That is a no-brainer. 

Up to a month before the May 2015 general elections I was optimistic that the racial voting pattern was about to crumble. But during the final weeks of campaigning Bharrat Jagdeo and the PPP, aided and abetted by the likes of Swami Aksharananda and Dr Baytoram Ramharrack and Ryhaan Shah and Ravi Dev, made a frenzied appeal for Indian solidarity. That tactic paid off in the sense that the PPP garnered more votes than it did in 2011. But it has left Guyana deeply divided as never before. 

Uncle Gilly:  The overwhelming majority of the people vote race.  Only about 10 % vote on issues in Guyana.

The good news is the dougla population is now 19% and most of them are  are expected to be the balance of power today.

 

But the Krulie and black man are mostly DEAD RACIST for their respective tribes.

FM
Bibi Haniffa posted:

Whatever Vishnu Bisram is smoking, he needs to get off it soon.  What we need in Guyana is strong government and an equally strong Opposition to keep checks and balances.  If they all rule together they will thief together and the people will be screwed.

Did Vishnu say anything about the APNU merging with the PPP.

Get this straight.  By 2030 the largest voting bloc will be MIXED.  The PPP is NOT getting this vote.  So the PPP needs to change how it is perceived.

New Indesh isn't going to happen, so if the PPP remains seeing itself as the "coolie people party" aiming to "consolidate the East Indian vote" it will die the same death as the UF.

FM
caribny posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:

Whatever Vishnu Bisram is smoking, he needs to get off it soon.  What we need in Guyana is strong government and an equally strong Opposition to keep checks and balances.  If they all rule together they will thief together and the people will be screwed.

Did Vishnu say anything about the APNU merging with the PPP.

Get this straight.  By 2030 the largest voting bloc will be MIXED.  The PPP is NOT getting this vote.  So the PPP needs to change how it is perceived.

New Indesh isn't going to happen, so if the PPP remains seeing itself as the "coolie people party" aiming to "consolidate the East Indian vote" it will die the same death as the UF.

You sound very stoked  lately about yuh PNC in all their glory with dictator type rule and all.  With 19% and possible 25% with the current growth rate in the next 4 years, what make you think the Dougla people so stupid not to would figure  have the power to kick both PPP and PNC to the curb?

sachin_05

The Guyana East Indians have to get their sovereign independent country. Nothing short matters. These people like Caribbeanj and others have built their careers, their friendships, their relationships, their identity and ethnic solidarity on themes such as the koolies are inferior, we have to support our brothers because the koolie is a dishonest scam, we have to do better than the koolie because the koolie. Therefore they have a vested interest in keeping the East Indian in Guyana. We the East Indian people of Guyana have to break those chains that keep us in this racist oppressive pit. One day, I may not live to see it. But it will happen. The East Indian people of Guyana, douglas who embrace their Indian heritage and allies of the East Indian people of Guyana will get their independent sovereign country. When that day comes the koolie will no longer be in Guyana to be blamed for the failures of others.

 

Prashad
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sachin_05 posted:
 what make you think the Dougla people so stupid not to would figure  have the power to kick both PPP and PNC to the curb?

The mixed population might well kick the PNC to the curb. But here is a FACT.  As of now they voted APNU/AFC, so all the PNC needs to do is to KEEP this vote.

The PPP on the other hand is HATED by vast majority mixed voters

FM
Prashad posted:

The Guyana East Indians have to get their sovereign independent country.

 

Prashad quit wailing. Thanks to you there are MORE mixed kids under 5 in Guyana than Indians.

Contemplate about how those behaving like you have contributed to this.

Your Indesh isn't going to happen.

FM
caribny posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:

Whatever Vishnu Bisram is smoking, he needs to get off it soon.  What we need in Guyana is strong government and an equally strong Opposition to keep checks and balances.  If they all rule together they will thief together and the people will be screwed.

Did Vishnu say anything about the APNU merging with the PPP.

Get this straight.  By 2030 the largest voting bloc will be MIXED.  The PPP is NOT getting this vote.  So the PPP needs to change how it is perceived.

New Indesh isn't going to happen, so if the PPP remains seeing itself as the "coolie people party" aiming to "consolidate the East Indian vote" it will die the same death as the UF.

Maybe the Dougla man Trotman should take over the AFC and call it a "United Colors of Guyana", stack it with Duglas and effectively create a Dugla alternative!

FM

Carib another low blow here. On another note after I read the news about that german Iranian teen gunman inspired by white supremacy today I will start to tone down the Independence rhetoric on Gn&I.  I just don't want some person to read what I write and be inspired to pick the gun and go out and kill innocent people.

Prashad
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Bibi Haniffa posted:

Whatever Vishnu Bisram is smoking, he needs to get off it soon.  What we need in Guyana is strong government and an equally strong Opposition to keep checks and balances.  If they all rule together they will thief together and the people will be screwed.

Guyana's Minority - "PPP/Opposition is very weak and unimpressive. What is Lamumba, Kwame, Hamilton and all the House of Israel thugs doing in Freedom House and occupying the Very Top Leadership Positions"

FM
Jalil posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:

Whatever Vishnu Bisram is smoking, he needs to get off it soon.  What we need in Guyana is strong government and an equally strong Opposition to keep checks and balances.  If they all rule together they will thief together and the people will be screwed.

Guyana's Minority - "PPP/Opposition is very weak and unimpressive. What is Lamumba, Kwame, Hamilton and all the House of Israel thugs doing in Freedom House and occupying the Very Top Leadership Positions"

Bai Jalil, I see you back from monkey mountain!!  Hope all's well!!

FM
ba$eman posted:
Jalil posted:
Bibi Haniffa posted:

Whatever Vishnu Bisram is smoking, he needs to get off it soon.  What we need in Guyana is strong government and an equally strong Opposition to keep checks and balances.  If they all rule together they will thief together and the people will be screwed.

Guyana's Minority - "PPP/Opposition is very weak and unimpressive. What is Lamumba, Kwame, Hamilton and all the House of Israel thugs doing in Freedom House and occupying the Very Top Leadership Positions"

Bai Jalil, I see you back from monkey mountain!!  Hope all's well!!

Bhai, Freedom House move to Monkey Mountain since Jagdeo made  PPP the Minority in Guyana......

Yh gon find all the losers with Jagdeo, All them House of Israel Thugs, Rapist, Kick-down-door Bandits, Election Riggers and Ballot Box Thieves.... plus them Drug Running & Money Laundering Chat-3.

FM

Ramkarran, in his article titled ‘Politics and the Ethnic Census’, said the PPP believes it can regain power by a majority at the next elections because of “diminishing support for the AFC.”


“However, its own support among the Indian business and professional classes and the larger Indian middle class is weakening,  (Jagdeo Minority)

 

and its leadership is either jaded or short of talent and the capacity to inspire. (Jagdeo Minority)

 

It also carries much baggage from its 23-year rule.”(Jagdeo Minority)

FM

My question to Carib was if the PPP did not attract the mixed people's votes how the hell they got almost 50% when eligible Indos made up only 39% of the electorate?  He condemned the PPP as racist and placed all blame on them. The PNC preaches more racial hate than any other party in this country. They have aided and abetted physical attacks on Indo Guyanese. To Carib, this is all acceptable and does not make the PNC culpable in any way. His view is biased.  I agree that the PPP must change its ideology and be more receptive to new ideas. New ideas will come when they accept new people without worrying about compromising their own positions.

Billy Ram Balgobin
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Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

My question to Carib was if the PPP did not attract the mixed people's votes how the hell they got almost 50% when eligible Indos made up only 39% of the electorate? 

While Indians make up only 39 percent of the population, a very large proportion of Indians are above 18 years old and eligible to vote. In absolute numbers, more Indians voted than Africans and Mixed. As the incumbent during the last election, the PPP benefited from more Amerindian votes than APNU+AFC. In short, PPP's good showing was due to Indian and Amerindian votes chiefly. The GECOM official results for Regions 1, 8 and 9 show that clearly. But right now, even as I type this comment, President Granger's people are working calculatedly on the ground to win the Amerindians' support.

FM
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

My question to Carib was if the PPP did not attract the mixed people's votes how the hell they got almost 50% when eligible Indos made up only 39% of the electorate?  He condemned the PPP as racist and placed all blame on them. The PNC preaches more racial hate than any other party in this country. They have aided and abetted physical attacks on Indo Guyanese. To Carib, this is all acceptable and does not make the PNC culpable in any way. His view is biased.  I agree that the PPP must change its ideology and be more receptive to new ideas. New ideas will come when they accept new people without worrying about compromising their own positions.

 

So you hate the PNC.  Now what better way for them to stay in power than ensuring  that the PPP loses because they promote themselves as the "coolie people party".

Indians were 44% voting age population last year..  If you assume that 40% of the voters were PPP Indians, and that the PPP won 70% of the Amerindian vote, and PPP Amerindians were 5%, that leaves only 4% of the voters being African/mixed.  

This means that the PPP won less than 10% of the African/mixed vote.  It also means that 80% of the PPPs votes came from Indians. 

Only about 60% of the votes that APNU/AFC received were from Africans, and this because they won the overwhelming majority of mixed votes.

1. The PPP will NOT win as many Amerindian votes in 2020.  That group votes for the government in power to get resources allocated to them.  They don't pick sides in our coastal tribal warfare, so don't vote on the basis of principle.

Now dig through your little racist brain and ask yourself how come APNU/AFC won in Lethem when over 85% of the region 9 population is Amerindian.  Also the PPP tied in Mabaruma when that area also has a small African population.

THIS SHOULD INDICATE TO YOU THAT THE PPP IS ALREADY LOSING Amerindian votes!

2.  So if the PPP is losing Amerindian votes, not getting more than 10% of the combined African/mixed vote and depends on Indians for the bulk of its support, even YOU will see that the PPP will be a gradually dying party.

3.  The PPP CANNOT rely on the Amerindian vote, as they vote for the government in power, and Granger is ensuring that this will continue.  The Indian population is dwindling, and in fact by 2030 Mixed people will EXCEED the Indian population, and this is IGNORING high rates of migration.

How can the PPP win if they only get 10% of the African/mixed vote when this bloc is growing?  

FM
Jalil posted:

Ramkarran, in his article titled ‘Politics and the Ethnic Census’, said the PPP believes it can regain power by a majority at the next elections because of “diminishing support for the AFC.”


“However, its own support among the Indian business and professional classes and the larger Indian middle class is weakening,  (Jagdeo Minority)

 

and its leadership is either jaded or short of talent and the capacity to inspire. (Jagdeo Minority)

 

It also carries much baggage from its 23-year rule.”(Jagdeo Minority)

The PPP is packed with brown bai KKK racists who think that Indians are the only group which matters. They still think that it is 1970 when Indians were 50% of the voting age population.

FACT.  Even if the PPP wins 100% of the Indian votes, and they will NOT, they still lose, as their recent victories came because they dominated the Amerindian vote, because they were in power.  ONE year after the PPP loses Amerindians are already showing signs of switching, and as Granger definitely plans to show largesse to them this will continue.

But the brown bai KKK who run the PPP are so contemptuous of non Indians that they don't even bother to see that their support base is DWINDLING as they lose the ability to buy votes through largesse!

FM
Gilbakka posted:
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

My question to Carib was if the PPP did not attract the mixed people's votes how the hell they got almost 50% when eligible Indos made up only 39% of the electorate? 

While Indians make up only 39 percent of the population, a very large proportion of Indians are above 18 years old and eligible to vote. In absolute numbers, more Indians voted than Africans and Mixed. As the incumbent during the last election, the PPP benefited from more Amerindian votes than APNU+AFC. In short, PPP's good showing was due to Indian and Amerindian votes chiefly. The GECOM official results for Regions 1, 8 and 9 show that clearly. But right now, even as I type this comment, President Granger's people are working calculatedly on the ground to win the Amerindians' support.

Complete rubbish!!!!

Bibi Haniffa
Bibi Haniffa posted:
Gilbakka posted:
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:

My question to Carib was if the PPP did not attract the mixed people's votes how the hell they got almost 50% when eligible Indos made up only 39% of the electorate? 

While Indians make up only 39 percent of the population, a very large proportion of Indians are above 18 years old and eligible to vote. In absolute numbers, more Indians voted than Africans and Mixed. As the incumbent during the last election, the PPP benefited from more Amerindian votes than APNU+AFC. In short, PPP's good showing was due to Indian and Amerindian votes chiefly. The GECOM official results for Regions 1, 8 and 9 show that clearly. But right now, even as I type this comment, President Granger's people are working calculatedly on the ground to win the Amerindians' support.

Complete rubbish!!!!

What is rubbish about this?  Indians were 40% of the overall population in 2012, but 44% of the voting age population.   Given that turn out in the interior is lower it is therefore likely that 45% of the voters were Indians.  The PPP pulled in at least 90% of these.

Face it.  Your PPP decided that its salvation lies in becoming a "coolie people party" aiming at "consolidating the East Indian vote" They refused to campaign in the LGE in G/T (too much blackman) and as a result lost support among Indians there.  The result being that the PPP now only has 2 of the city council seats DOWN FROM EIGHT!

FM
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