Nov 20, 2024 The GHK Lall Column Jagdeo’s democracy (Jagdeo’s democracy) (Jagdeo’s democracy) By GHK Lall Kaieteur News-The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) and the PPP Government do more than wax profusely about democracy, both say they live it. To personalize this, Excellencies Ali and Jagdeo speak democracy lavishly, then assert that they practice it smartly. Concerning a referendum on renegotiation of the Exxon deal, Attorney General Nandlall is speaking in his personal capacity, and not for the PPP Government.
How stupid does Dr. Jagdeo think that Guyanese are? Relative to the same national oil patrimony, the same Jagdeo reassured Guyanese that former president and now Ambassador Samuel Hinds, was expressing independent thinking. Now Dr.
Jagdeo could be excused for concluding that some Guyanese are so dumb as to fall for that snake he dropped in their laps. He, however, cannot be pardoned for thinking that all Guyanese are so dotish that they swallow his lines about the personal capacity of Excellency Nandlall and the freedom to think given to Ambassador Hinds. Thinking what they did in private may be poisonous to the party’s atmospherics, expressing in public, on the other hand, would be perilous to the Hon.
Vice President’s subterfuges. Nonetheless, I tip my fedora to my brother, he outdoes himself and exceeds that old Guyanese proverb of getting two sweetness out of one bone. Jagdeo got three, maybe even four, when I push it.
The newly “poor Sam Hinds”.
