President Ramotar, Prime Minister Granger?

- parliamentary ‘power’, validating WikiLeaks

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Alright, of course, the lead caption with “Ramotar” and “Granger” is a journalistic attention-grabber.  Virtually facetious.

Perhaps, as usual, however, I use it to today to teach the Guyanese electorate – both seasoned “electors” and the younger, newer voters who are all actually in the majority.  Frankly speaking, to me both the political parties and the Elections Commission (Gecom) will hardly find it a priority or even necessary to discuss the hypothetical or even  likely scenarios I’m about to present below.  The opposition parties, especially, might not want to reveal these possible complexities to their supporters even though those possibilities would benefit them.  After all, every party or group of parties now will tell you that each of them can win the elections outright! Alone!

But fresh from an overseas stay away from the local politicking; not any longer a voter, but exercising my right to…..




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