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@Former Member posted:

One of the sources on Proportional Representation in Guyana.

British Guiana

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Guiana

From 1962 to 1964, riots, strikes and other disturbances stemming from racial, social and economic conflicts delayed full independence for British Guiana. The leaders of the political parties reported to the British Colonial Secretary that they were unable to reach agreement on the remaining details of forming an independent government. The British Colonial Office intervened by imposing its own independence plan, in part requiring another election under a new proportional representation system. Britain expected that this system would reduce the number of seats won by the PPP and prevent it from obtaining a majority.

Source & rest of article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Guiana

Wikipedia is not a  reliable source.  Moreover, my source for what happened was very high ranking official of the PPP who was intimately involved in the talks that led to PR.  According to him, Cheddi made an executive decision on the agreement with Sandys.  In any case, it doesn't matter how it came about as PR is the most democratic electoral system in the world an should be retained in Guyana and adopted elsewhere.

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