The Leader of the PNC and Opposition in the National Assembly, Brigadier David Granger, spent time during Guyana’s last independence anniversary meeting essentially PPP supporters in the largely Indo-Guyanese enclave in Queens, New York. It appears that both the PNC’s North American chapter and Mr. Mike Persaud deserve some credit for facilitating Mr. Granger’s opportunity to share something of his aspirations and policies to what was considered an almost closed PPP stronghold.
During his meeting, Mr. Granger dealt with a wide range of issues that are usually of concern to PPP constituencies which the PPP has spent decades tweaking in its favour. In my opinion, given the cauldron into which Guyanese politics has settled since the 2011 elections, this was an ideal opportunity for Mr. Granger to communicate a brand of politics that would have excited, captured the imagination and projected his party as a surefooted alternative to the regime we have today.
But unfortunately this was not to be. Instead, Mr. Granger made some rather odd assertions that require our attention if only because they appear to run counter to what many of us, including many of those who listened to him, believe is taking place in Guyana. Of course, there is nothing wrong with this – on the contrary new thinking backed by
