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Politikles

Amid protests from his opponents and from the main organization monitoring the Presidential elections, the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) of which Russia is a member, current Prime Minister Vladimir Putin registered a substantial victory in last Sunday’s general elections, amassing 64% of the vote.

Dear Editor, In the January, 2011 edition of the Guyana Bar Review, I wrote in respect of efforts by the political executive to exercise control over the judiciary: “In The Judiciary and Governance in the Caribbean, (2001), Professor Ryan quotes Miles Fitzpatrick, S.C.

Dear Editor, More than seven years after the Chief Co-operatives Development Officer (formerly styled Commissioner for Co-operatives Development) assumed control of the affairs of the Paradise Multi Purpose Cooperative Society (PMCS) and appointed an interim committee of management an annual general meeting was called on Sunday October 1, 2011. 

Dear Editor, Without giving credence to or affirming Mr. Nigel Hinds’s claim `Under US election guidelines Granger would have won the presidency’ (SN Mar 5), I believe there is a need to urgently replace the Burnham constitution that allows any minority control of the government. 

Dear Editor, I note with some alarm Mr Ralph Ramkarran’s reference to race dealing with my letter expressing concerns about the proposed specialist hospital.

Dear Editor, It is with a feeling of disgust and deep regret that I write to you on the matter of the Sunday, March 4th 2012 Demerara Waves’ article titled `PNCR’s Congress pushed back again; concerns about factionalism and debt raised’ written by Mr.

Dear Editor, Our governance situation has developed into a state of stagnation, where no political party can dictate a policy, and, in fact, they have to work together.

Scarce skills are the bane of the private sector’s existence. Not that there is any shortage of unemployed persons in Guyana.

Politikles

Dear Editor, The statements from Dr. Faith Harding, who recently resigned from the Executive Committee of the PNCR, that the PNCR engaged in electoral skulduggery in its presidential primary leaves no surprise in my mind.

Dear Editor, I have two concerns which on the surface appear unrelated but which both raise questions about who is giving service and who is being protected.

Dear Editor To say that I’m perturbed would be putting it mildly.

Dear Editor, People are well aware that the November 28, 2011 general and regional elections created a minority government, with the opposition controlling parliament by a mere one seat.

Dear Editor, Biofuels are frequently portrayed as ‘clean fuel‘ and considered to be carbon neutral, since CO2 emitted through combustion of motor fuel is reabsorbed by growing more sugarcane rendering the balance practically zero.

Dear Editor, The winner of the convoluted vote count and parliamentary seat allocation system in Guyana allows for the party with the most votes across the country to control the Presidency, the Ministries and other Government Agencies.

Dear Editor, Soon, the first hundred days of the new presidency would be over. 

In the March 2nd edition of Stabroek News a Trinidad Express report was carried on the harvesting of what has been described as the first-ever commercially viable onion crop in the Twin-Island Republic.

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