Norton broadsides Granger over ‘no father of the nation’ position

Forbes Burnham

Days away from the PNCR Congress, former Member of Parliament Aubrey Norton has levelled a verbal broadside at Chairman of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) David Granger for suggesting in his lecture on July 6 that there was no father or mother of the nation in the struggle for independence.

In the inaugural lecture of the National Assembly’s Governance and Democracy lecture series, which took place in Parliament Building, Granger in essence asked, who planted the seed of nationhood? There have been claims and counterclaims and alternative claims but never agreement on the father or mother of Guyana.

“There is no ma or pa for independence here,” he said bluntly. “There is no father of the