caribny posted:ksazma posted:. My argument is how so many Coalition supporters drank the Kool-Aid before the last general elections. All I do here is amuse myself by their blindness.
The PPP needed to go. Even if APNU AFC end up being no better the PPP has become too arrogant and entrenched.
I suggest that the biggest coolaid drinkers are the PPP. Look at how they sat passively when Jagdeo re-installed himself as leader when it is clear that the PPP needs new blood and a new vision.
As soon as APNU AFC began to show faults their supporters began to complain. To their credit when the complaints become loud enough this governments responds. Not so the PPP which used to scream that they had a mandate, as if getting barely half of the votes was a mandate.
Jagdeo is much younger than the current leaders of the Coalition so if he is too old, then the leaders of the Coalition are dinosaurs. Secondly, Jagdeo is the most successful Guyanese leader since their independence so his supporters don't necessarily see him like you do. Now time will tell if that is a good idea or not. The AFC has lost respect from both sides of the national divide and most likely will be a non-factor come 2020. Granger seems to be moving closer to Burnhamism and it may not be too long before he fully incorporate the old PNC dogmas. It may end up being only the PNC and PPP by 2020. The current government has already wasted nearly a year and a half of the current parliament so they will need to speed things up if they wish to show anything accomplished by the next elections unless they decide to extend the current parliament beyond its normal 5 years term (a PNC trademark).
But I will submit that government turnovers are good for the population.