According to Prime Minister Hinds, Cheddi Jagan believed that national unity between the races and classes was so important to nation building that throughout his political life he attempted “new, bold and courageous alternatives to bring our people together” but died without his goal being realised. Last week (“The Prime Minister’s Cognitive Delusion”(SN 28/5/14), I outlined what Jagan actually attempted and promised to juxtapose that against what is now being proposed by the PM. Doing so is important for at least two reasons.
Firstly, it is generally accepted that national unity is vital if we are to make the most of our context and be able to live the best lives we can. Secondly, the PM has been at a strategic level of PPP/C politics for a sufficient number of years to be able to understand and adequately articulate the regime’s current offerings in this area, and he offered to do
