What Cheddi said and what he actually did was a whole other issue.  In fact Adam (cannot remember his last name) at Kaieteur News itemized a whole list of blacks who Jagan fired.  He just was subtle and got rid of trhem silently, not even bothering to prove whether they were dishonest or incompetent.  Jagdeo did likewise and so we now have a situation where almost all the highest leadership are Indians.

Vish, I was also in Guyana in 1992, up to 1996. It is true that President Jagan said that there would be no revenge and no recriminations. And, indeed, no one was charged and hauled to the courts. However the PPP regime's actions did not match Dr Jagan's words in terms of employment practices. I can attest truthfully here that many Afro-Guyanese public servants lost their jobs or left the service in frustration. The Chronicle, Guyana Broadcasting Corporation, Office of the President, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Finance/Customs and Excise Dept were among those affected. I knew some of the casualties personally. I already posted about two dozen names on this BB. After I left Guyana I learnt through the online news media that more and more Indo-Guyanese were taking up key positions in government offices and state boards.

One of the hallmarks of the Jagdeo-Ramotar administrations was rampant corruption which even lower-level PPP members had conceded. Naturally, what is now perceived as "ethnic cleansing" is a studied response to "ethnic dirtiness" in the first place. The current campaign of forensic audits is intended to gather evidence of corruption and it has already revealed a few culprits who happen to be Indians, like that guy at GPL who had transferred $27 million from the PetroCaribe Fund to his own bankbook.

Adam Harris