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Those who are clamouring for power sharing want power, period. After which they will ditch the sharing.
That is indeed the reality. The PPP wanted power. They even prosed a sharing model but once in power they co-opted every option to power available and now refuse to think there is a problem with wanting to share power.

As the writer above noted. It is not about power sharing as elite accommodation. It is about power sharing as an expression of democratic ideals. It is about accommodating our unique ethnic makeup and formulating a constitutional and electoral system as instruments of forging democracy and an open society. That this is possible is not a matter of conjecture but fact. It happened elsewhere and can happen for us.


power sharing my black a$$...the PPP will be in power for ever and ever amen.

Bai SM, you sound like a Christian now.
FM
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Originally posted by SuperMike:
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Originally posted by D2:
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Originally posted by Bookman:
Those who are clamouring for power sharing want power, period. After which they will ditch the sharing.
That is indeed the reality. The PPP wanted power. They even prosed a sharing model but once in power they co-opted every option to power available and now refuse to think there is a problem with wanting to share power.

As the writer above noted. It is not about power sharing as elite accommodation. It is about power sharing as an expression of democratic ideals. It is about accommodating our unique ethnic makeup and formulating a constitutional and electoral system as instruments of forging democracy and an open society. That this is possible is not a matter of conjecture but fact. It happened elsewhere and can happen for us.


power sharing my black a$$...the PPP will be in power for ever and ever amen.

Bai SM, you sound like a Christian now.


Big Grin Big Grin waa good bro??
FM
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Originally posted by SuperMike:
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Originally posted by D2:
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Originally posted by Bookman:
Those who are clamouring for power sharing want power, period. After which they will ditch the sharing.
That is indeed the reality. The PPP wanted power. They even prosed a sharing model but once in power they co-opted every option to power available and now refuse to think there is a problem with wanting to share power.

As the writer above noted. It is not about power sharing as elite accommodation. It is about power sharing as an expression of democratic ideals. It is about accommodating our unique ethnic makeup and formulating a constitutional and electoral system as instruments of forging democracy and an open society. That this is possible is not a matter of conjecture but fact. It happened elsewhere and can happen for us.


power sharing my black a$$...the PPP will be in power for ever and ever amen.
Did you invoke the reality of Ben Ali, Mubharak or Gaddafi?..if so AMen
FM
Originally Posted by Mitwah:
LET US ACT CAUTIOUSLY ON THIS POWER-SHARING MODEL

May 28, 2011 | By KNews | Filed Under AFC Column, Features / Columnists

By Khemraj Ramjattan
Presidential Candidate

Sometime back in my Political Science class a South African lecturer was dealing with racism and violence, making a passionate plea for apartheid’s end and the emergence of a united South Africa. A student interrupted: β€œProfessor, you really think there can be one South Africa with white and black living together?”

The lecturer started his response thus: β€œWhen ethnic groups with deep enmities cannot go on living together….”, and after a pause thunderously continued, β€œthey go on living together. They have absolutely no other choice!”

This reality, this truth is so self-evident. It has total application for us Guyanese. We, whatever our ethnicities, are here to stay, are here to work, play and live together. We have no choice. There is never going to be a separate, partitioned state for Amerindians, another for Indo-Guyanese and another for Afro-Guyanese. Just like there is one South Africa for all South Africans.

There is another self-evident truth about Guyana. It has become a constitutional democracy which has as its bedrock the β€˜one man one vote’ electoral principle which was fought for so hard and through which a representative government is elected for a constitutionally stipulated tenure of five years – just so as in South Africa.

I may also add that all the pre-conditions, at a minimal level, which buttress a democratic consolidation do exist today in Guyana. These pre-conditions include freedom to associate, to express opinions, to form political parties, to compete for the public’s vote, to access the High Courts to preserve and observe the rule of law, having a civil service that by and large is dependable, although in dire need of modernization and reform.

Yet for some reason or other, things seem not to ever go right in this country. Why is Guyana without a fuller peace and a greater happiness?

There are myriad places and sources and reasons we can point to in answering this question. The answer lies not in one singular cause. And of course it will vary and be given a different tilt and nuance, depending on which side of the ethnic/political spectrum you come from.

But surely all who now seek to proffer answers must, with all sincerity, realise that a large part of the answer resides in how we resolve the ethnic security dilemma which has forever been with us, and which unfortunately has not been satisfactorily tackled, notwithstanding constitutional reform and plenty rhetoric from our political elites.

Though we have become once again a country where β€˜one man one vote’ counts, this same electoral fundamental is what appears to be the problem. How ironic and paradoxical! β€˜One man one vote’, in the context of an ethnic distribution which sees Indo-Guyanese in the majority and against the background of a well-known and predominantly ethnic voting pattern at election time, arguably means the potential permanent shutting out from power of other minorities. But how is this democratic dilemma to be solved in an ethnically divided society?

Firstly, I must immediately acknowledge the effort of Ravi Dev who first frontally dealt with this question in very explicit terms, and came up with federalism as a possible solution.

Unfortunately, federalism has failed to gain credence and acceptability in the minds of Guyanese.
Secondly, I hate to re-start once again altering constitutional provisions in any fundamental way to accommodate power-sharing at the Executive level in this political environment of maximum distrust and suspicion between the leaderships of the political parties which matter most. The PPP’s political top brass did not trust a Ramjattan. Now neither does that party trust a Nagamootoo nor a Chanderpaul! How then will it trust a Corbin or a Granger? Let us be real.

Power-sharing will not work in the context of the existing political elites in the PPP and PNC; and, the distrustful environment.

Moreover, and this was supported by no less a personage than ex-President Hoyte, a power-sharing political system will not be truly democratic because there will be an absence of that genuine, loyal and sincerely robust Opposition. The absence or dilution of such an Opposition will detract from the accountability of that power-sharing Government. In my view it will become a juggernaut, far more dangerous than anything we have presently or had in the past. Hence, this particular configuration in our constitutional design I have serious questions about. And then again, it may not be enduring.

I wish to tender to the proponents of this possibility the advice of a distinguished scholar and politician:
β€œβ€¦β€¦β€¦β€¦power-sharing will only work if it is based on a voluntary agreement between the parties concerned (whatever form it takes). Parties and groups outside the process of power sharing should not therefore ipso facto, face any legal or constitutional disadvantages in the pursuit of their political rights, including their rights to challenge power sharing solution.

I believe that constitutional recognition of this is fundamental. We must safeguard against the power-sharing process becoming either β€œlegalized one party rule” or unintentionally creating a national mood in which those who do not share the view that a government of national unity is desireable are seen ipso facto as β€œanti national”, β€œdestabilisers” or β€œtreasonable”.

I believe that the collective experience of all the governments we have had in Guyana since Independence should lead us all to be very cautious about supporting a constitutional review process in which legitimizing a PPP/C and PNC coalition comes to be presented, and publicly endorsed, as the only solution to Guyana’s problems……..”

Words indeed which caution us to tread cautiously; words, believe it or not, which come from Professor Clive Thomas of the W.P.A.

AGAIN, a brillant piece from a brilliant public servant.  Ladies and Gentlemen - Mr. Ramjattan - Leader of the AFC

FM

Because of the nature of the PNC, power-sharing cannot be entered into with them. Maybe some other small parties. They experimented with the United Force and the Alliance For Clowns. We know the results.
President Dr. Ali would put Comrades Dunce Basil Williams, Judas Moses and Kanwa Runjhaat in Mazaruni jail. Comrade Sistah Zara will keep wake for them.

FM
Zara posted:

Comrade Skeleton is stupid comrade. Coalition is already power share with many include good India comrades. Comrades in PPP Head by comrade Ali not clever and not want share.  all for PPP corruption friends.

Clearly you are the one that is the dullard. Powersharing is always in play. They Guyanese constitutions is a document ( as are all constitutions) that defines the sharing of power with an agency ( government) designed to be a specific way by the people. Unfortunately,  the Guyanese people did not design this one and it emerged from the dictatorial core consciousness of people now presiding over the APNU. They show no inclination to share or even consider themselves servants of the state. They think they own the state.

FM
Zara posted:

Comrade Skeleton is stupid comrade. Coalition is already power share with many include good India comrades. Comrades in PPP Head by comrade Ali not clever and not want share.  all for PPP corruption friends.

I am not the functionally illiterate comrade moron on this forum. You just play stupid to see who's coming to your funeral or you are JUST PLAIN STUPID AND IGNORANT.

FM
Billy Ram Balgobin posted:
Django posted:

I will not root for the PPP under the current format ,i am supporting the six party coalition.Own kind or not ,nuff young ones of own kind , with the coalition.

I ain't rooting for a political party. I rooting for democracy which translates to fighting the PNC. 

That's good Billy ,i am also paddling the same boat ,there will be disbelieve by many here. Are you sure fighting the diluted PNC ?

Django

Back to the topic of power sharing. We don’t see America or Canada sharing power. Democracies have to evolve. A majority of blacks support the Democrat party because they see the democrats representing their best interest. Not different than Guyana where Afros feel the same about PNC. Same as Indos and the PPP.

Power sharing can lead to bloodbath since one party will certainly cry fowl and the division will begin. The Jagan/Burnham party was split after Burnham decided to part ways and we saw violent Riots in the 60’s. 

Power sharing is a pipe dream.  It would be best to allow democracy to evolve and eventually a credible third party will emerge and hold the balance of power. I felt that Shuman was that person but he failed. It might be premature to write him off in the long run. 

AFC had the best idea but Moses and Ramjattan shattered that idea due to personal greed. One can further argue that they created a wider divide due to their political greed and arrogance. 

Guyana keeps hopping along until a credible third party emerges 

FM
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Sean posted:

Back to the topic of power sharing. We don’t see America or Canada sharing power. Democracies have to evolve. A majority of blacks support the Democrat party because they see the democrats representing their best interest. Not different than Guyana where Afros feel the same about PNC. Same as Indos and the PPP.

Power sharing can lead to bloodbath since one party will certainly cry fowl and the division will begin.

The Jagan/Burnham party was split after Burnham decided to part ways and we saw violent Riots in the 60’s. 

Power sharing is a pipe dream.  It would be best to allow democracy to evolve and eventually a credible third party will emerge and hold the balance of power. I felt that Shuman was that person but he failed. It might be premature to write him off in the long run. 

AFC had the best idea but Moses and Ramjattan shattered that idea due to personal greed. One can further argue that they created a wider divide due to their political greed and arrogance. 

Guyana keeps hopping along until a credible third party emerges 

The riots of the 60 's different piece of cake ,all the secret files that are out ,shows the true story.

Regarding the AFC , don't know where you are gathering information ,they are still a strong party and can dissociate from coalition politics ,currently they think is the best model. Majority of the people mindset are changing in Guyana ,i have seen a lots of young East Indians in the coalition of parties.

Django
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Django posted:
kp posted:

All this time you are a Bloody liar  saying that you don't support any political parties.  Today you declaring that you support the coalition party ie AFC/APNU/PNC diluted to PNC..  Sadly you are a PNC helper.

Affiliation ...bhai ...affiliation ,different from from supporting.

Please read what you declared, you are a supporter. Well if you are affiliated with the coalition then you are a Card Holder.

K
kp posted:
Django posted:
kp posted:

All this time you are a Bloody liar  saying that you don't support any political parties.  Today you declaring that you support the coalition party ie AFC/APNU/PNC diluted to PNC..  Sadly you are a PNC helper.

Affiliation ...bhai ...affiliation ,different from from supporting.

Please read what you declared, you are a supporter. Well if you are affiliated with the coalition then you are a Card Holder.

Banna ,you got that correct ,not affiliated. Supporting yes ,made my declarations the reasons can't support the PPP.

Django
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