GUYANA – LATEST NEWS – 07 March 2016 – Kaieteur News
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The Arrogance of Power – By Dr. Dhanpaul Narine
It seems rather easy on paper. All that is needed is for someone to pick up a check and cash it. The check is worth $5millon and the added bonus is a $200,000 for life. But there is a small matter. The person who picks up the check must be an African leader who was democratically elected and who was ready to demit office at the end of his or her constitutionally mandated term. The award was announced in 2007 and to date only three of Africa’s 54 leaders have laid claims to it.
When Sudanese businessman Mo Ibrahim went before the world’s press he was careful to state the requirements of the prize. According to Mr. Ibrahim, ‘ We made it clear from day one that the award is an award for excellence in leadership, for people who have no blood on their hands and no messy hanky-panky.’ Continue reading →
Jagdeo: PPP worried birth certificates will be used to rig elections
Bharrat Jagdeo
March 6, 2016 – Demerara Waves.
Opposition Leader, Bharrat Jagdeo fears that the APNU+AFC-led coalition government plans to rig future elections by setting the stage to register thousands of underage persons.
Addressing hundreds of persons at Babu John, Port Mourant, Corentyne on Sunday, March 6, 2016 in honour of late People’s Progressive Party founder-leader, Dr. Cheddi Jagan, the Opposition Leader reasoned that the voters list could appear clean but the party needed to guard against padding with under-aged persons. Continue reading →
