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The PNCR under Granger has blown it

Posted By Staff Writer On July 29, 2014 @ 5:05 am In Letters | No Comments

Dear Editor,

The bitter and angry outcries that rang out at the PNC Congress over the weekend have once again driven the final nail into the PNCR chances of defeating the PPP and forming the next government. The PNCR under the leadership of Brigadier (rtd) David Granger has blown it. Charges of rigging elections at the party Congresses are not new. It happened in the last few Congresses but it appears the PNCR has not learnt anything. The statement that there was no manipulation of the delegates list is a denial of the facts.

Is Mr Granger aware that political organizations are not like military establishments where commands are given and must be obeyed? He has lost a golden opportunity to allow democracy to flourish throughout the PNC machinery and thus bolster his image. This was his last chance to preside over an unblemished Congress and he has failed miserably. It is not only that the PNCR needs new leadership, but it needs dynamic youthful leaders with the ability to take the fight to the PPP.

What is wrong with the PNCR leaders? Where is the unity in the party? Why are the leaders of the PNCR trying to get rid of the young, vivacious and spirited Vanessa Kissoon and others? How can Mr Granger preach national unity to the country when his own party is deeply divided and his leadership skills have become questionable? It is time for the leaders of the PNCR to face reality and acknowledge that the PNCR is a party dominated by senior citizens who are not in touch with the people.

Mr Aubrey Norton’s bid for the leadership of the PNCR was forcefully rejected by the party hierarchy. The PNC, with a history of elections that were never considered free and fair by the majority of the people save and except for the 1964 and 1992 elections, should have been extremely sensitive to a stain on this aspect of the party’s image.

Further, the PNC Congresses since the death of Desmond Hoyte have always had a major question mark over their transparency in the compilation of the delegates’ list. None other than Vincent Alexander, the late Winston Murray and Carl Greenidge highlighted this issue based on their real experiences. Yet at the recent concluded Congress, there are credible allegations from several key members of the party that bona fide and eligible delegates from Linden where Mr Granger’s opponent, Aubrey Norton has his electoral strength, were excluded.

Why this fear of democracy by the senior hierarchy of the party? After the splashing of this moral shame all over the press, how can Mr Granger stand tall and expect the PPP to listen to and respect him.

Mr Granger and the PNCR have failed the people, especially the poor and the working class, ostracized the people of Linden, disengaged the youth, and have now ensured the PPP will spend five more years in power. Freedom House is smiling, especially when they hear that a shot was fired at the PNCR Congress.

In Guyana, political parties such as the PPP and the PNC have constantly manipulated elections to have a candidate of their choice elected to certain positions. They are guilty of inhibiting the freedom of citizens. Corruption breeds more corruption and corruption can never win.

If the free people of Guyana, who are in the majority, are to realize their objectives, then they should reject these people. No one should be put into a position to select their leaders in such a manner. This has no place in Guyana ever and should not have been tolerated by the retired Brigadier.

All the mud that the PPP threw on Mr Granger with respect to the 1973 elections, will now most certainly stick in the minds of many Guyanese and has placed the PNC/APNU at a disadvantage in elections. Its chances of winning 40 per cent of the votes in the 2016 elections are very dim.

However, political novices or desperate and unpopular leaders are destined to make such mistakes.

Finally, the vast majority of Guyanese are not soldiers and therefore are not likely to follow orders, especially from rookie politicians. They are more willing to follow sound, rational and experienced political leaders like Moses Nagamootoo, Carl Greenidge, Joe Harmon and Khemraj Ramjattan because they present a vision for Guyana and they are committed to the people.

They put the country first, empathize with the plight of the poor and the working class, and are steadfast in their quest to be their humble servants. They do not mouth off phrases like “one nation” and “national unity” and not mean one syllable of those phrases.

 

Yours faithfully, 
Asquith Rose
Harish Singh


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Grainja killed the PNC. They expect all afro-Guyanese to drink the racist cool-aid but the LIndeners say no way.

What has Grainja done for since since 2011? NOTHING?

The PPP continues to bash the people of Linden and where is Granja, he do not care.

FM
Originally Posted by JB:

Dr Euclid Rose and Mr Sasenarine Singh in good batting form here for truth.

Well if these people are Asqutih, Euclid, Harish, Sase, Georgey or Porgey or Pudding and Pie, that is irrelevant.

 

THE MESSAGE IS KING!

 

I give the full marks for exposing a wolf in sheep clothing - the Granja leadership.

FM
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:
Originally Posted by JB:

Dr Euclid Rose and Mr Sasenarine Singh in good batting form here for truth.

Well if these people are Asqutih, Euclid, Harish, Sase, Georgey or Porgey or Pudding and Pie, that is irrelevant.

 

THE MESSAGE IS KING!

 

I give the full marks for exposing a wolf in sheep clothing - the Granja leadership.

Full marks for true Mr Singh. Why you so defense so? 

FM

Is Mr Granger aware that political organizations are not like military establishments where commands are given and must be obeyed? He has lost a golden opportunity to allow democracy to flourish throughout the PNC machinery and thus bolster his image. This was his last chance to preside over an unblemished Congress and he has failed miserably. It is not only that the PNCR needs new leadership, but it needs dynamic youthful leaders with the ability to take the fight to the PPP.  - ROSE and SINGH

 

 

WHATTAX!

FM
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:

Is Mr Granger aware that political organizations are not like military establishments where commands are given and must be obeyed? He has lost a golden opportunity to allow democracy to flourish throughout the PNC machinery and thus bolster his image. This was his last chance to preside over an unblemished Congress and he has failed miserably. It is not only that the PNCR needs new leadership, but it needs dynamic youthful leaders with the ability to take the fight to the PPP.  - ROSE and SINGH

 

 

WHATTAX!

 

WATTAX indeed from Dr Euclid Rose and Mr Sasenarine Singh. 

FM
Originally Posted by JB:
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:

Is Mr Granger aware that political organizations are not like military establishments where commands are given and must be obeyed? He has lost a golden opportunity to allow democracy to flourish throughout the PNC machinery and thus bolster his image. This was his last chance to preside over an unblemished Congress and he has failed miserably. It is not only that the PNCR needs new leadership, but it needs dynamic youthful leaders with the ability to take the fight to the PPP.  - ROSE and SINGH

 

 

WHATTAX!

 

WATTAX indeed from Dr Euclid Rose and Mr Sasenarine Singh. 

EH EH TK, you change sides AGAIN?

 

FM
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The PNC, with a history of elections that were never considered free and fair by the majority of the people save and except for the 1964 and 1992 elections, should have been extremely sensitive to a stain on this aspect of the party’s image.

 

ROSE and SINGH

FM

ROSE and SINGH again - Out the park - dead correct on the facts.   PNC helping the PPP.

 

 

The PNC helped the PPP last Sunday

Posted By Staff Writer On July 31, 2014 @ 5:02 am In Letters | No Comments

Dear Editor,

The political incident at Congress Place on July 27 has caused us to reflect on this question: What are the nation’s shared values? The politicians are not putting the country and people first.

Our politicians in the main have lost their way. They want power at all costs with no plan to be humble, no plan to serve, no plan to toil, and no plan to let the truth lead the way. What we have in Guyana is a compromised group of politicians who are arrogant and who want to get ahead politically by using race as a tool of division. Yet they parrot, and abuse the word unity. Their actions clearly show no love for the people, but love for their image, positions, pensions and the parliamentary perks.

It is time for Guyanese to rise up and save the land with your determination by doing whatever is necessary to banish these politicians who are stuck in the past with their undemocratic ways, corrupt practices, arrogance and pettiness. It is time to exile those who have little or no love for the future of the country, since their thinking cannot take Guyana into the next generation. They have not wisdom, but destruction.

The sadness in the whole episode is that Guyana has sunk to a new low at the recently concluded PNCR Congress, where a gunshot rang out among the crowd and the individual was not turned over to the police. After hiding from the police, he was caught at the airport as he attempted to flee the country. This type of behaviour will not bode well for the PNCR and should the APNU lose the next elections they cannot blame anyone else but themselves. By their own doing, they have alienated the youths and the thousands of Guyanese who might not have wanted to support the PPP. No youth with any sanity will want to get close to Congress Place going forward, for they have proven that it is not within their DNA to have free and fair elections and elections free from fear.

Good luck to them! In 2006 Mr Corbin received 34 per cent of the votes cast; if they get that much now, they should consider themselves lucky with much cause for celebration. The whole unfortunate truth in this matter is that the PNC singlehandedly helped the PPP politically last Sunday.

Yours faithfully, 
Asquith Rose and Harish Singh


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    The PNC have shot themselves in the foot, and it would take decades to bring them back to the place where they were before.

    Absolutely disgraceful and pathetic was what took place last weekend; the organizers should hang their faces in shame. Yet they had the gall to give to the media a piece that says that the voting was fair and free of fear. Do they think that the Guyanese people are stupid?

    As your letter says, thousands who have been fed up with the PPP will now wonder if the PNC would do any better.

    What you have not mentioned in your letter is the perception and fear that Guyanese have of the PNC and their rigging. If they can't come clean in-house, do you think that they would deal fairly with those on the outside?

    I believe that the PNC would see either a split (with Norton, Solomon and Vanessa taking the rudder), or a huge lot of the PNC would move to the AFC, with some, perhaps, joining the PPP; the latter is not inconceivable.

    The unfortunate thing is that the situation within the PNC would continue to rot... so sad.

     
     
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    In 2006 Mr Corbin received 34 per cent of the votes cast; if they get that much now, they should consider themselves lucky with much cause for celebration. The whole unfortunate truth in this matter is that the PNC singlehandedly helped the PPP politically last Sunday.

    This is the crux of the matter, the PPP is also losing political strength but as the lose people, the understanding was that the PNC would have been able to make amends with the people who does not vote for them and fill the political vaccum.

    NO MORE!

    PPP supporters will either stay with the PPP, stay at home or vote for Moses Nagamootoo. The choice is now clear and the PNC and Mr. Granger is not even on their ballot paper anymore - at least in 2016.

FM

The PNCR is a divided and weak party

AUGUST 2, 2014 | BY  | FILED UNDER LETTERS 

DEAR EDITOR,
The bitter and angry outcries that rang out at the PNC Congress last weekend have driven the final nail into the party’s chances of defeating the PPP and forming the next government. The PNCR under the leadership of David Granger has blown it.
Charges of rigging elections at the Party Congress are not new. It has happened many times before, but it appears that the current top brass of the PNCR leadership have not learnt anything. The statement that there was no padding of the delegates’ list, rigging of elections or the party is not divided, is not only arrogant, but shows that the leaders are in serious denial.
True or false, the perception that the elections have been rigged has sunk into the minds of the people and become reality.  It also shows that skills are seriously lacking to lead a political organization that depends mostly on volunteers and not military commands. While some diehard PNCR supporters believe that it will take months to repair the damage done at the recently concluded Congress, we beg to differ. Such damage is irreparable, because in terms of rigging elections, the PNCR has always been a suspect, and almost everyone knows it.
The PNCR has lost a golden opportunity to allow democracy to flourish throughout its machinery and thus bolster its image. Moreover, this was Mr. Granger’s last chance to preside over an unblemished Congress and he has failed miserably. Not only that the PNCR needs new leadership but it needs dynamic youthful leaders with the ability to take the fight to the PPP.
What is wrong with the PNCR leaders?  When will they stop the rigging of elections at the Party’s Congress? Where is the unity in the party? Why are the leaders of the PNCR trying to get rid of the young, vivacious and spirited Vanessa Kissoon and others? How can Mr. Granger preach national unity to the country when his own party is deeply divided? Will the people trust him?  It is time for the leaders of the PNCR to face reality and acknowledge that it is a party dominated by senior citizens who are not in touch with the people, especially the youths.
Mr. Aubrey Norton’s bid for the Leadership of the PNCR was forcefully rejected by the party hierarchy, backed by a flawed election process with the intent to safeguard the leadership of Mr. Granger. Why are those who claim to believe in democracy afraid to contest free and fair elections? Why do they continue to support the rigging of elections? The PNC, with a history of elections that were never considered as free and fair by the majority of the people, save and except for the 1964 and 1992 elections, should have been extremely sensitive of this stain on the party’s image. Is it worth destroying the image of the party over a leadership race?
Further, the PNC Congresses since the death of Desmond Hoyte have always had a major question mark over their transparency in the compilation of the delegates’ list. None other than Vincent Alexander, the late Winston Murray and Carl Greenidge highlighted this issue based on their real experiences.  Yet at the recent concluded Congress, there were credible allegations from several key members of the party that bona fide and eligible delegates from Linden were excluded, where challenger Aubrey Norton has his electoral strength.
Why this fear of democracy?  After the splashing of this moral shame all over the press, how can Mr. Granger stand tall and expect the PPP bullies to listen to and respect him. The allegations of padding the delegates’ list or the rigging of elections are very serious and have divided and weakened the PNCR to the point where some of its prospective supporters have bolted.
The PNCR has failed the people, ostracized the faithful from Linden with their vindictive leadership style, disengaged youth, and has now ensured the PPP five more years in power.
Finally, we are telling Mr. Granger that the vast majority of Guyanese are not likely to follow orders from rookie politicians. They are more willing to follow sound, rational and experienced political leaders like Moses Nagamootoo, Carl Greenidge, Joe Harmon and Khemraj Ramjattan because they present a vision for Guyana and they are committed to the people. They put the country first, empathize with the plight of the poor and the working class, and are steadfast in their quest to be their humble servants. They do not mouth-off phrases like “one nation” and “national unity” and not mean one syllable of the phrases.
Time is up for David Granger, Oscar Clarke and others.
Asquith Rose and Harish Singh

FM

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