Django posted:Bibi Haniffa posted:Prashad posted:The man gave his life he died with his shoes on in the streets of Guyana for Guyana unlike Jargon who died in a cozy warm bed with his family by his side holding his hands.
While he handed over the Presidency to his 87 year old wife.Why are people afraid to call Cheddi a dictator?
He was head of the PPP for 50 years. Anyone who challenged the leadership had to leave the party.
Let's clear this up ,
C.B.Jagan ,became President of Guyana ,after elections were held in Guyana on 5 October 1992. They were the first free and fair elections since 1964 .
Jagan suffered a heart attack on 15 February 1997 and was taken to Georgetown Hospital before being flown by U.S. military aircraft to Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C., later that day. He underwent heart surgery there and died in Washington on 6 March 1997, 16 days before his 79th birthday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheddi_Jagan
On the death of her husband in March 1997, Janet Jagan honoured his last wish and took over as Prime Minister and first Vice-President.
She then led the PPP-Civic alliance to victory in the general elections of 1997, becoming the first democratically elected female president in South America at the age of 77.
The 1997 elections were highly controversial, and the disgruntled PNC opposition, alleging massive fraud, attempted unsuccessfully to prevent her from being sworn in. Her years in office were marked by continuing political unrest, including a long strike by public-sector workers that almost brought the country to its knees.
In August 1999, after she had suffered a mild heart attack, President Jagan resigned, and was replaced by her former finance minister, Bharrat Jagdeo.
https://www.independent.co.uk/...-guyana-1658947.html
This is how Janet Jagan became President of Guyana, she took over the leadership of the PPP after C.B.Jagan death , run as Presidential Candidate on the PPP list of Candidates ,in the General elections of Guyana on 15 December 1997.
The result was a victory for the People's Progressive Party, which won 29 of the 53 seats. Voter turnout was 88.4%.
The majority of the people elected Janet Jagan as president of Guyana . Well of course due to race based voting , and the PPP supporters whom are East Indians ,largest population of Guyana , it was sure win.
She mek up she own story! But then again she entitled! If nat fuh dem Guyana would be an Amazonian waste land!
Yuh nah know dah??