Eye On Issues: Making sense of the mini-reshuffle – by GHK Lall
I think that President Granger had no choice in the matter of the former Minister of Health. He gave it time, and resisted serious pressure to jettison the embattled minister. It is why I commend him for taking the action he did recently. Now for some more details as to how I read these developments.
For starters, the former health boss, Hon George Norton, would have been ushered out earlier, more abruptly, and very signally. But the man is a longstanding stalwart, who was just returned as party Vice Chairman in the midst of crisis and snafus. Continue reading
Guyana Politics – Life is not easy for those in power – By Adam Harris
The year began with a furore about holding elections. Of course, there was the no confidence vote in the National Assembly. The vote sent many rushing to the constitution, where they found that elections should be held within three months of the vote, unless the National Assembly voted for an extension.
There was the move to the courts and the ruling by the Chief Justice which was challenged. The appeal court reversed that initial decision, but by then there were the protests organized by the political opposition.
People in the protest began to refer to President Granger as former president, although the very constitution said that the president will remain in office until a new one is sworn in. As it turned out, those protests were revealing.
People in the line spoke of being promised money and some complained about not being provided with lunch. Protesting had become a job. Continue reading →
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