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1. ACCORDING TO MINISTRY OF INFORMATION PRESS RELEASE, POLICE ON JULY 30 ARRESTED LEADER OF OPPOSITION PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY (PPP) CHEDDI JAGAN ON CHARGES OF UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION AND COMPONENT PARTS OF PISTOL. ARREST FOLLOWED EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF JAGAN'S HOME AND FREEDOM HOUSE, PPP HEADQUARTERS. REPORTEDLY ONE PISTOL MAGAINZE, 10 ROUNDS OF .32 CALIBER AND 3 ROUNDS OF .22 CALIBER AMMUNTION WERE FOUND. JAGAN WAS RELEASED ON BOND AND INSTRUCTED TO APPEAR IN GEORGETOWN MAGISTRATES COURT ON JULY 31. IN COMMENT IN PPP PAPER MIRROR, JANET JAGAN, PPP INTERNATIONAL SECRETARY, SAID THIS WAS FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS POLICE HAVE SEARCHED JAGAN HOME AND FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS POLICE HAVE SEARCHED FREEDOM HOUSE.

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2. COMMENT: ARREST OF JAGAN CONFIRMS HIS SUSPICION THAT IN AFTERMATH OF TOLL GATE ATTACK (REFTEL), GOVT WOULD TIGHTEN CONTROL OVER PPP ACTIVITIES. GOVT HAS APPARENTLY DECIDED TO MAKE CLEAR SHOW OF FORCE IN RESPONSE TO ATTACK IN HOPES OF DETERRING FURTHER OPPOSITION VIOLENCE. TO KEEP THIS STRATEGY FROM BACKFIRING, GOVT MUST AVOID MAKING JAGAN INTO MARTYR, THEREBY STIRRING UP EAST INDIAN COMMUNITY WHICH STILL VIEWS HIM IN RACIAL TERMS AS THEIR LEADER.

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OPPOSITION LEADER CHEDDI JAGAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY

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ON JULY 31, LEADER OF OPPOSITION PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY (PPP) CHEDDI JAGAN PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CHARGES OF POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION AND POSSESSION OF COMPONENT PART OF PISTOL. JAGAN WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THESE OFFENSES FOLLOWING EXTENSIVE SEARCH OF HIS HOME AND PPP HEADQUARTERS ON JULY 30 (REFTEL). JAGAN REMAINS FREE ON BOND AND REPORTEDLY HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO RETURN TO COURT FOR TRIAL ON AUGUST 9

Django

Cheddi Jagan and his wife made the same mistake as Prabhakaran of the Tamil Tigers. They beat down other Indian politicians. The result was the opposition to the East Indians political enemies became narrow and just revolved mostly around them thereby making their political enemies better able to defeat them. It is important to learn from political failures so that they are never repeated.

 

Prashad

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