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GUYANA NATIONAL AWARDS – By Verian Mentis-Barker – Commentary
Guyana 52nd Independence Parade
Guyana National Awards
By Verian Mentis-Barker – May 28, 2018 – XpressBlogg
The transgression was not the complaint that the award had been given to the wrong person.
That criticism is as old as award ceremonies themselves.
It’s, rather, the concern over the apparent penchant to gift the country’s national awards in a manner that seems relatively gratuitous and inconsistent with their origin and purpose.
The sullying of the Guyana’s National Awards with politics can be traced to Jagdeo’s stepping outside of the provisions of the Orders of Guyana to create the Order of Liberation, custom made for President Cheddi Jagan- a one-time singular honor, never to be conferred again, as if it were to go poof after the ceremony.
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