@Django
True, President Granger is a public figure but even public figures have a right to privacy. Cheddi & Janet Jagan were renowned public figures. They travelled abroad on official party assignments but they undertook private visits too. Janet used to fly to the ole USA to see her mother, for example. After Dr Jagan died his daughter Nadira wrote about his persistence to overcome whatever problems he encountered. Example: one time he & Mrs Jagan were vacationing in Tobago. He rented a motor boat and took her for a spin in the sea. He was operating the motor. Far from land the propeller stopped suddenly. Not being a mechanic, with the boat floating aimlessly on choppy water in the hot sun, Cheddi tried & tried for a long time until he got the propeller up and running. Nadira wanted to show courage in the face of adversity. I got her point but was surprised to read that her parents took vacations together. They deserved their privacy.
Final example: Viola Burnham was Guyana's First Lady. From reliable sources I learned that she used to fly on the President's Beechcraft plane to Trinidad to do her shopping. She had a right to privacy.
True Gil. In a video interview, Janet shared how they secretly took time for themselves in other countries, when they sometimes found it overwhelming. But being with the children was very special for them.
Cheddi never complained about food and would have sardine with onions and bread for supper, with some tea. Courage was also when his brother Oudit mentioned that Cheddi father warned him, about falling down from the guinep tree in their yard. He climbed, fell and immediately climbed again.
One time my late brother took Janet on the Mahaica or Mahaicony river and the propeller sheer pin broke. He was lost what to do and she suggested breaking a piece of barb wire from the farmer's fence and use it as the sheer pin. When I told her this story at the interview, surprisingly she remembered.
