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Ramjattan stands by proposed ‘buy-out’ of APNU MPs allegations –thumbs nose at calls to verify or retract claims

LEADER of the Alliance for Change, Mr. Khemraj Ramjattan, yesterday commented on the letter sent Speaker of the House, Mr. Raphael Trotman, by Chief Whip in the National Assembly, Ms. Gail Teixeira, registering the ruling party’s concerns over his allegations of a “buy-out” of Members of Parliament (MPs).

 

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has also responded to the issue in a statement, deeming the allegations “utter rubbish”, and challenging Ramjattan to disclose, publicly, the names of the three parliamentarians at reference, and make a full and frank public disclosure of all or any information he claims he has in relation to this matter.

Khemraj Ramjattan

Khemraj Ramjattan

 

But, the die having been cast, Ramjattan seemingly couldn’t care less what the PPP/C thought of him. “The PPP and Ms. Teixeira can haul their asses,” he told the Guyana Chronicle yesterday when asked to comment on the matter.

 

At a press conference last Thursday, Ramjattan said his Party had been “reliably informed” that the PPP/C Government, against whom a No-Confidence Motion has been filed, has plans to “buy out” at least three parliamentarians, at $30M each, to vote against the Motion when it comes up for debate next month. Since that press conference, he has indicated that the MPs to whom he referred are from the main Opposition, A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).

 

Ms. Teixeira, in her letter to the Speaker, has, inter alia, called on the AFC Leader to produce evidence in support of his allegations. But Ramjattan is not likely to do that, since the information was allegedly given him by “a PPP man at the high end,” and corroborated by other senior Party members who sit on the PPP’s Central Committee.

 

“It is an incontrovertible fact,” he told the Chronicle yesterday. “I am not going to reveal the source; I cannot do that,” he stressed.
Ms. Teixeira, in her letter to the Speaker, had also stated that failure by Mr. Ramjattan to retract his comments will result in a move by the Government MPs to call for his referral to the Parliamentary Privileges Committee for besmirching and denigrating the image and integrity of all MPs and the entire National Assembly.
Again, Ramjattan was unmoved, saying that he stands by his position, which is that there was an attempted “buy-out” of MPs from the Main Opposition.

 

BUY-OUT DENIAL

APNU Leader, Mr. David Granger, in commenting on the AFC Leader’s assertions, rejected them totally.
At an APNU press conference last Friday, he was emphatic in expressing his confidence that no APNU MP would fall prey to the alleged “buy out” by the ruling People’s Progressive Party (PPP).
Also, the APNU leader highlighted that he was unaware that there was even an offer to “buy out” MPs by the PPP.

 

“I don’t know who made it up, or where it came from,” the Opposition leader told reporters, adding that there has been no discussion between the People’s Progressing Party and APNU to hold off the no-confidence vote.
The National Assembly comes out of recess on October 10, and when a sitting is called the no-confidence motion, tabled by the AFC, will be up for debate.

 

The first page of the Motion reads: “Be it resolved that this National Assembly has no confidence in the Government.”
If the Motion is passed, the current administration will be expected to be disbanded in preparation for a return to the polls.
As stated in Section 106 (6) of the Constitution: “The Cabinet and President shall resign, if the Government is defeated by the vote of the majority of all Members of the National Assembly on a vote of confidence.”
This is made even clearer in Section 106 (7), which states:

 

“Notwithstanding its defeat, the Government shall remain in office, and shall hold an election within three months, or such longer period as the National Assembly shall, by resolution, supported by no less than two-thirds of all elected members of the National Assembly, and shall resign after a new President takes the oath of office following the election.”
The last time general elections were held in Guyana was in November 2011.

(By Vanessa Narine)

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Ramjattan knows what he is saying he does not have time to bother with dat beast gale..

 

The PPP are scoundrels constantly distributing Serpent piss on a daily basis.

 

PPP already bribe uncle Raphael and Vulgar.

FM

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has also responded to the issue in a statement, deeming the allegations “utter rubbish”, and challenging Ramjattan to disclose, publicly, the names of the three parliamentarians at reference, and make a full and frank public disclosure of all or any information he claims he has in relation to this matter.

 

Put up or shut up!

FM
Originally Posted by Cobra:

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) has also responded to the issue in a statement, deeming the allegations “utter rubbish”, and challenging Ramjattan to disclose, publicly, the names of the three parliamentarians at reference, and make a full and frank public disclosure of all or any information he claims he has in relation to this matter.

 

Put up or shut up!

How Ramjattan knows it's APNU Members and not members of his own party?

FM

Ramjattan is simply frustrated. If he had evidence to support the allegation he made he would have shown it to the KN and SN and the entire world. Attempting to bribe parliamentarians is a very serious charge. The opposition would lose no time capitalizing on it. They don't have any evidence. It was all concocted.

Billy Ram Balgobin
Originally Posted by Billy Ram Balgobin:

Ramjattan is simply frustrated. If he had evidence to support the allegation he made he would have shown it to the KN and SN and the entire world. Attempting to bribe parliamentarians is a very serious charge. The opposition would lose no time capitalizing on it. They don't have any evidence. It was all concocted.

The man IS a LUNATIC and so is his Party!!  LOONEY TUNES!!!

Nehru

It's hard for the AFC to win back the hearts of those who supported them in the last elections. People now view them as revenge seekers rather than true patriots fighting to strenghten Guyana's democracy and reduce ineffeciences.

Billy Ram Balgobin

I am making a general observation here. Traditionally, since colonial days, Guyanese have enjoyed freedom of speech to the point of blatant abuse of that right.

A Guyanese father can tell his son "I will kill you" and the police will not charge him if the son reports the threat. The same does not happen in Canada and the US.

A Guyanese woman can tell a villager "Parbattie husband does bugga she", knowing the statement to be false and fabricated, and that woman would not be charged for slander or mischief.

I know an Indo-Guyanese businessman who told Jagan "dem black man nah want abee get in powa" because he thought Jagan wanted to hear that. The same businessman voted for the PNC and admitted such to trusted friends.

People in Guyana tell politicians what they think those politicians want to hear; it doesn't have to be the truth, it doesn't have to be factual, and the speaker has the least worry about the consequences of words he utters. Such people don't respect their own words and are quick to disown what they let out.

One night when I was on duty in the newsroom at Broadcasting House I got a phone call from a woman who made some damning allegations against a well-known individual. She wanted me to put it in the next morning news. My reasoning and judgement tol me the woman's story didn't add up. It's a good thing I didn't put it on the news. The reporter I assigned to the case concluded that the woman was lying. The male victim of that slander declined to sue the woman because, as he put it, "anything goes in this country."

I'm saying all these things because someone might have indeed informed Ramjattan about a PPP bribery plot. Whether that informer invented the plot or not was the least of his concern. Ramjattan publicized the information and the burden is his to prove. So it goes in Guyana.

FM
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:

I am making a general observation here. Traditionally, since colonial days, Guyanese have enjoyed freedom of speech to the point of blatant abuse of that right.

A Guyanese father can tell his son "I will kill you" and the police will not charge him if the son reports the threat. The same does not happen in Canada and the US.

A Guyanese woman can tell a villager "Parbattie husband does bugga she", knowing the statement to be false and fabricated, and that woman would not be charged for slander or mischief.

I know an Indo-Guyanese businessman who told Jagan "dem black man nah want abee get in powa" because he thought Jagan wanted to hear that. The same businessman voted for the PNC and admitted such to trusted friends.

People in Guyana tell politicians what they think those politicians want to hear; it doesn't have to be the truth, it doesn't have to be factual, and the speaker has the least worry about the consequences of words he utters. Such people don't respect their own words and are quick to disown what they let out.

One night when I was on duty in the newsroom at Broadcasting House I got a phone call from a woman who made some damning allegations against a well-known individual. She wanted me to put it in the next morning news. My reasoning and judgement tol me the woman's story didn't add up. It's a good thing I didn't put it on the news. The reporter I assigned to the case concluded that the woman was lying. The male victim of that slander declined to sue the woman because, as he put it, "anything goes in this country."

I'm saying all these things because someone might have indeed informed Ramjattan about a PPP bribery plot. Whether that informer invented the plot or not was the least of his concern. Ramjattan publicized the information and the burden is his to prove. So it goes in Guyana.

HEHEHE Whay a Monday, sweet, sweet Monday. And you were a Journalist for the Hubu Backdam Times, right???

Nehru
Originally Posted by Cobra:

Ramjattan is doing the AFC injustice by not coming forward and prove his alleged claim against the PPP.

Ramjattan doan need to prove nothing to you or the PPP. The electorate already proving from their actions in 2011. Stay tuned for the next election.

FM
Originally Posted by Cobra:

Leadership quality is NOT what Ramjattan has. He's making Moses and Nigel look bad in the process. FYI, AFC is no where close to winning any election.

PPP has no moral authority to talk about leadership you understand that serpent?

FM
Originally Posted by Billy Ram Balgobin:

HM-Redux,

 

Bannah! Is that a self-portait? You look like you are suffering from Wake-APNUea rather than Sleep Anpnea.

Worry about yourself and your own ugly ass before worrying about anyone else.

FM

It's really a sad commentary that Guyanese politics has descended to its lowest since the 1950s.

Politics is no longer about programs and vision but about skeletons and scandals.

No longer about lofty speeches and sharp polemics à la Jagan and Burnham but about cuss-down and tirades.

FM
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:

It's really a sad commentary that Guyanese politics has descended to its lowest since the 1950s.

Politics is no longer about programs and vision but about skeletons and scandals.

No longer about lofty speeches and sharp polemics à la Jagan and Burnham but about cuss-down and tirades.

All started by the AFC. Read the posts by their reps and supporters on this BB.

What do you expect from a party like the AFC that has a Chammar leader ?

FM
Last edited by Former Member
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Rumjattan is a low class individual.

Ramjattan is the chatrie who defined this PPP tiefing cabal.  He is the man who led their exposition as political charlatans and frauds.

 

 

FM
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Rumjattan is a low class individual.

Ramjattan is the chatrie who defined this PPP tiefing cabal.  He is the man who led their exposition as political charlatans and frauds.

 

 

Ramjattan will be elected as the next pope.

FM
Originally Posted by skeldon_man:
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Rumjattan is a low class individual.

Ramjattan is the chatrie who defined this PPP tiefing cabal.  He is the man who led their exposition as political charlatans and frauds.

 

 

Ramjattan will be elected as the next pope.

nah, he supporting Moses for next President.  He shall be the attorney general that will write the new constitution.

FM
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:
Originally Posted by skeldon_man:
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Rumjattan is a low class individual.

Ramjattan is the chatrie who defined this PPP tiefing cabal.  He is the man who led their exposition as political charlatans and frauds.

 

 

Ramjattan will be elected as the next pope.

nah, he supporting Moses for next President.  He shall be the attorney general that will write the new constitution.

Santa Claus and the tooth fairy will be visiting you soon.

FM
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:

It's really a sad commentary that Guyanese politics has descended to its lowest since the 1950s.

Politics is no longer about programs and vision but about skeletons and scandals.

No longer about lofty speeches and sharp polemics à la Jagan and Burnham but about cuss-down and tirades.

Why dont you try talking some sense to Ramjhaaaaaaaaaatan.

Nehru
Originally Posted by Nehru:
Originally Posted by Gilbakka:

It's really a sad commentary that Guyanese politics has descended to its lowest since the 1950s.

Politics is no longer about programs and vision but about skeletons and scandals.

No longer about lofty speeches and sharp polemics à la Jagan and Burnham but about cuss-down and tirades.

Why dont you try talking some sense to Ramjhaaaaaaaaaatan.

Neeeehhhrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu, Ramjattan got more sense than Rohhheeeeeeeee, Rammmotttttaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr and Teashayraaaaaaaa.

Howzat?

FM
Last edited by Former Member

This forthcoming general election will be a historic one for Guyanese. I believe more Guyanese will go to the poll and exercise the voting rights and set the course of their country once and for all. Which two parties will accept defeat?

FM
Originally Posted by skeldon_man:
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:
Originally Posted by skeldon_man:
Originally Posted by Brian Teekah:
Originally Posted by yuji22:

Rumjattan is a low class individual.

Ramjattan is the chatrie who defined this PPP tiefing cabal.  He is the man who led their exposition as political charlatans and frauds.

 

 

Ramjattan will be elected as the next pope.

nah, he supporting Moses for next President.  He shall be the attorney general that will write the new constitution.

Santa Claus and the tooth fairy will be visiting you soon.

you mean the PPP against a new constitution.  you meant they love burnham constitution?

FM

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