Remembering Dr. Cheddi Jagan, his descendants deviate from his core values

DEAREDITOR,

Mr Hydar Ally must be commended for reminding allGuyaneseofagreatman, Dr Cheddi B. Jagan, on his 26th death anniversary (Kaieteur News, March 06, 2023).

Mr Ally’s tribute was concise; he brought out the salient contributions of Dr Jagan – to Guyana, the Caribbean,andindeedtothe world Unfortunately, Dr Jagan was not given a d e q u a t e a n d d u e recognition, most likely because of his unshakeable ideologicalstanceintheanticolonial movement and for hisdedicationtotheworking class. He believed in the political philosophy of scientific socialism and was a Marxist to his deathbed. During his relatively short timeasheadofgovernment, he espoused a mixed economic strategy for Guyana, i e , State and Private Enterprise in the economic development process.

The Cheddi Jagan Research Centre hosted a function remembering Dr Jagan,whenafewstalwarts, notably Indra Chandarpal, Clement Rohee and Donald Ramotar,spokeglowinglyof theirformerleader

Saying one thing and doing another is a contradiction, to put it mildly

Sadly, the current “cabal” in the hierarchy of the PPP have deviated from thecorevaluesofDr Jagan. Since the stewardship of former President Jagdeo, they been following the doctrine of neoliberalism that is plainly stated: “Our region has experimented with various models of developmentthroughoutour longhistory

And recently we have b e e n f a i t h f u l l y i m p l e m e n t i n g t h e prescriptions of the neo- to their senses and realized they will killing each other for outsiders to benefit and brokered a peace deal. The outsiders responded by sending the UN, Rwandan, Ugandan, Kenyan and Burundian forces to maintain the outsiders’ interest in the Congo creatingnewunrests.

Guyana has discovered bountiful riches is now known around the world, so do you think Guyanese will be left alone to enjoy the riches? No! everyone will be coming for a piece, remember when oil got into full gear in Guyana, lo and beholdtheVenezuelaborder dispute came up, Brazil and Surinameinthepastalsolaid claim to a part of Guyana, Brazilians are already doing illegal mining in Guyana as the authorities recently apprehended some Guyanese haven’t received oil money as yet and the illegal immigration to Guyana has begun, imagine the crises if the real money came. Discovering riches in Guyana came at worst the possible time, since Guyana h a s c o r r u p t a n d compromised politicians at the helm making no decisions to benefit the country Guyana has no reliablerecordsofhowmuch oil, minerals and timber is being produced and other important data. Guyana’s financial and banking system is unequipped to enact a financial plan as politicians decide what information to disclose and leaving out key modules fromtheaccountingsystem.

Guyanese,youhavebeen warned time and time again ofthedangersyouarein,yet the no-action, lackadaisical attitudecontinuesasclueless Guyanese doesn’t seem to understand the dangers ahead, due to negligence of duty, and compassion for Guyanese by their parliamentarians. Guyanese you are now in a dangerous game which you have been losingandit’stimetogetup, standupandfightforwhatis rightfully yours so you can change this dangerous game inyourfavour

Sincerely,

R.David

liberal model: privatization, trade and financial sector liberalization and d e r e g u l a t i o n ” (http://wwwguyanajournal com/Jagdeo_OAS.html)

This is documented, and isalsopracticeddespitewhat somemaydisavow The current skewed relationshipwithBigOil,for example, is evidentiary.Mr HydarAlly, who is well respected for statements on behalf of the PPP, deliberately or benignly neglectedthis forreasons best known to him. And further,Isaynot.

Yourstruly, Gary

Girdhari