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GUYANA CHRONICLE Tuesday January 19, 2016
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Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo sitting among senior functionaries of the AFC in the US
otoo, addressing Guyanese at the Naresa Palace, Ozone to our country, that we do not make allegations of ethnic cleansing when there is no evidence at all that there has been a purge of one race by another.” However, the Prime Minister did not deny that certain senior Government officials who served under the PPP/C Administration had their services terminated. He said it was necessary in order to root out corruption and malpractice. “We have replaced people who have been investigated and are being investigated for the loss of billions of dollars. It is not discrimination if you remove a Raj Singh from GuySuCo. He worked for $3M a month while he lived in New Jersey. It is not discrimination if you remove Bharat Dindyal from the head of GPL [Guyana Power and Light] and the country was affected by widespread blackouts when he worked for $6M a month. If you remove him for incompetence, it is not discrimination,” the Prime Minister declared. “And if you start to investigate the billions of dollars in NICIL and the billions of dollars missing from Government departments; and people chose to resign and people chose to go on leave; it is not discrimination, it is facilitating a process of investigation,” the Prime Minister said.
Poet and Pastor, James Richmond, performing a dramatic piece, “The Golden Jubilee” deserve Independence. He noted that the country must be rescued from the evils of the past. His remarks received overwhelming support from the masses. They especially applauded his message on the importance of nationhood and the need to foster an environment free of corruption. The cultural forum, which saw Guyanese from home and aboard performing in music, song, dance and poetry, was organised by the AFC, and, as such, saw in attendance senior functionaries within the party, including Dr Rohan Somar, Professor Shamir Ally, Salaudeen Nausrudeen, Rudy Jadoopat and Ewart Marshall, among others. Notably, US-based Guyanese Senator Roxanne Persaud was present.
Two US-based Guyanese at the Prime Minister’s event at Naresa Palace, Ozone Park, NY During the forum, the Prime Minister presented a number of AFC members with certificates for their unwavering support. These included Asha Sobhan, Marlyn Jaikaran, Anita Jaikaran, Kamla Balbachan, Professor Shamir Ally, Ewart Marshall, Ron Alert, Mahendra Jagmohan, Derek Basdeo and Bernard Rollins. The cultural forum, which served to welcome the Prime Minister to the USA, formed part of three events organised by the AFC. These included a Business Breakfast at Richi Rich Palace in Richmond Hill, New York, and a panel discussion in Brooklyn, New York on the abundant and critically important resource for Guyana’s economic development. (smarshall@guyanachronicle.com)
HURTING GUYANA The Prime Minister said that Guyanese who are bent on fostering racism and baseless allegations of ethnic cleansing are “wounding the soul of our nation”, because, indirectly, they are indicating to the outer world that Guyana does not
Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo presenting a young US-based AFC Member with a certificate of recognition
US-based Senator Roxanne Persaud addressing her fellow Guyanese on her plans to return to Guyana for the grand Independence celebration in May