Gilbakka posted:Django posted:skeldon_man posted:It is in their DNA. Have they ever been honest with the Guyanese people? Have they ever win a fair election? Have they robbed the people and lied to their faces?
What happened in 1964 and 2015 ?
1964 general elections were not fair. Firstly it was forced on the democratically elected PPP government after only 3 years in office. Secondly the ruling colonial British government changed the voting system from first-past-the-post to proportional representation. Previously the PPP was winning first-past-the-post elections hands down and PNC was getting a bad thrashing. Thirdly, although the PPP secured the largest votes the Governor bypassed Jagan and summoned Burnham and D'Aguiar to form a coalition government. In his memoir Jagan asserted that the PPP was cheated, not defeated.
Than you Gilly. Poverty prevented us to buy a newspaper or have a radio during those days. We were ignorant of the political doings during that period. We heard a little bit here and there from civics in school.