I say we look to Peter Ramroop for a change. He and his business ideas did very well in America. His lucrative exploits brought him much capital. He migrated back to Guyana to utilize his American education, to bring change in our economic strategies for a much needed market economy.

Read his Bio, and research his work in America. You will see why he would make a great leader for ALL THE PEOPLE!!!

I do not know him personally, but I studied his background upon migration.
He his brother, and his business partner in Guyana were the creators of a major corporation that has many contracts with the US government and other companies. Peter sold his share of the company to his brother and migrated to build a better Guyana.
LET’S GIVE HIM A TRY PEOPLE!!!! We’ve being working with the PNC AND PPP for decades with minute results. How much hurt can we get in 5 years.
RAMROOP FOR PRESIDENT IN 2011 !!!!

I’m also pleased that the editorial also alluded to Bharrat Jagdeo’s embrace of discipleship in order to hide his “intellectual inferiority complex”. Unfortunately, Bharrat Jagdeo is not the only Guyanese suffering from that complex. The letter and column pages of our dailies carry the writings of people who wouldn’t feel comfortable if they didn’t quote long-dead intellectuals whose ideas were formulated in times and circumstances that are very different from ours. Yes, there is very little attempt at original thinking based on the circumstances that confront us today.

Anyway, Caricom should proceed with the EPA and wish Bharrat Jagdeo the very best of luck in his illusory consultations with stakeholders in Guyana.

Consultations my foot!

The writer describes Mr. Jagdeo’s opinion of the private sector so precise.

Regarding the EPA, President Jagdeo had ample time since he knew that the preceding arrangements were coming to an end, he knew that negotiations were taking place, and he knew the final EPA was placed on the table a long time ago. This whole situation sounds like the consultations they do with the national budget – too little, too late.

To close, let me quote from the CRNM Website:

There are four phases to the schedule of EPA negotiations that will guide interchange between CARIFORUM and the EC, namely: I) Initial Phase: Establishing the Priorities of EPA Negotiations (April 2004 to September 2004) – the objective of this phase is to establish an understanding of the fundamental concerns and interests of EPA negotiations for both CARIFORUM and the EC; ii) Second Phase: Convergence on strategic approach to CARIFORUM regional integration (September 2004 to September 2005) – the aim of EPA negotiations during this phase will be to establish a common understanding on the priorities for support of Caribbean regional integration, and the targets to be attained by the time of the commencement of implementation on January 1, 2008 and beyond; iii) Third Phase: Structuring and consolidating of EPA negotiations (September 2005 to December 2006) – the objective of this phase of negotiations is to consolidate the discussions and channel the points of common understanding into elements of a draft EPA; and, iv) Final Phase: Finalisation (January 2007 to December 2007) – negotiations during this final phase should concentrate on consolidating the results of the negotiations and completing the EPA negotiations by the end of 2007.

As far as I am concerned the PPP and PNC and all traditions associated therewith should be discarded.

As a people, we have suffered from the most incompetent leadership which bled this country into impoverishment and squalor.

One quick note to the editorial writer who is obviously Jamaican, that he comes across just like his homophobic dance hall Dj countrymen, full of false pride and lack an understanding of the circumstances of others. Manley also in his urge for a “caribbeanness” bastardised what the “yardies” proudly called “democratic socialism”. How much better off are the people of Jamaica (who have not as yet migrated) that their deprived guyanese counterpart. Those who live in glass houses must not throw stones.

That said, our leaders of Guyana and the caricom, past and present are a let down (maybe with one or two exceptions, not more).

Guyana is experiencing the Brain Drain Syndrome in Gov’t from top to bottom… Ouch!… nuff said already, but now everybody around the Caribbean knows it too. Just imagine at one time, and not so long ago, Guyanese scholarship was the cream of the intellectual community in the Caribbean. I mean they used to look to us for leadership on everything but now they are saying forget about Guyana and I find myself in total agreement.

” Like his predecessors, he does not believe in markets and regards private enterprise as a form of theft.”
This is most accurate and is reflected in the way Mr.Jagdeo treats the local private sector- cussing out Messrs Gerry Gouveia and Yesu Persaud-just to name two instances.
“The extreme poverty of Guyana, a vast land blessed with abundant resources of every kind, is testimony to bad economic policy.”
For years now Guyanese in the diaspora, home and some players in the private sector have recommended the opening up of the economy-the road to Lethem, opening up of the interior, new land development, new infrastructure, reform of the Police Force and all other state systems, fixing of the judiciary, liberalising the strangle hold on the radio monopoly,etc,etc,etc., just to name a few proposals put forward by citizens. Instead, Jagdeo and his Govt are content with one radio station (Trinidad has too numerous to mention), an inefficient judiciary, a burdensome tax system that ensures that the wealthy gets wealthier and the poor (the masses) regresses and also a tax system that allows the state to generate more taxes and give tax breaks to cronies of the state and the wealthy.
“In embarrassing defeat, he protested that he must consult with the private sector and civil society.”
It took Jagdeo two massacres to get a half baked so called civil society consultation with selected citizens underway. Ask him now what the status of those consultations is and you would get a contemptuous no response. There is no consultation with the private sector or civil society period in this country.
But you see, these are the issues that the opposition should pick up on and challenge the govt.
I do not know the entire EPA, but at a minimum I expect that the interests of Guyanese will be represented. And clearly they are not.
Let’s see how the Guyanese vote in 2011!!!

It’s rather ironic that the President is quite ready to expose and inform the Guyanese public about this deal while on other equally important and even more important matters they are so tight-lipped – tell me about Freedom of Information.

So instead of trying to show the Guyanese people how robust you supposedly are by opposing the EU Deal, it’s already a done deal and you gonna sign it anyway, so spare us the act. It’s not like government has any other plan or alternative; there approach to things is usually ad-hoc and reactive.