Guyana Observer News

(DW) The Alliance For Change (AFC) says it is looking at giving the Leader of the Opposition the power to act in a situation where the president fails to do so as one of its proposed constitutional amendments should it get into office.Executive member Nigel Hughes outlined this on Wednesday at the party’s weekly news conference where several other amendments were also listed. “That is one that would empower the Leader of the Opposition to act in situations where the prime minister fails to act or refuses to act in certain constitutional matters,” Hughes said. When asked in what scenario he envisioned there would be such a need the attorney-at-law used the example of legislation being assented to by the president long after it would have been passed by the National Assembly.

Dear Editor,
I am a Guyanese very concerned and frustrated about my country’s welfare. Every time around elections in this country, it becomes a place of chaos, strife and racial corruption. The leaders from the various parties on the political platform create this type of behavior from arrogance in which they speak. I, for one, am tired of this empty skull behavior. Why should they speak strife? Each party leader, whether it is PPP/C, APNU, AFC or any other, are all talking garbage. This is not the time to bring up the past. It’s time to tell the people what you will do for them in the future, should you become the next President. I have heard enough criticisms from the leaders. It disgusts me. Personally, I feel like leaving the country every time there is an election.

Kwame Mc Coy's house

Dear Editor,
(KN) I have noted with some concerns the PPP/C’s advertisement in the newspapers recently which highlights its achievement in the field of housing development. The advertisement carries photographs of several newly constructed houses, portraying the party’s massive housing initiative throughout the country. But what concerns me is the fact that they have used a photograph of my house. Maybe I am wrong but I believe that persons who know my house will get the impression that I might have benefitted from some form of benevolence from the ruling party. This is certainly not the case. I, as a citizen of Guyana, earned my house lot and as an enterprising Guyanese secured a loan without any strings attached to build my home. I resent the fact that the PPP/C is using photographs of any house to push its agenda to score political points on the campaign trail.Instead of using my house they could have used those belonging to Kwame McCoy in Diamond and all the other cronies who have built mansions. Start with Pradoville One or Two.
Homeowner

…as Ramotar stays away from Merundoi Presidential Forum

David Granger and Khemraj Ramjattan enjoy a light conversation before the start of the Presidential Forum, yesterday.

(KN) David Granger kept security at the top of the agenda and Khemraj Ramjattan stuck to his mantra of increasing wealth for all Guyanese by cutting corruption and making use of massive sums that would have otherwise been siphoned off into illegal pockets. But the two men found common ground on how they want Guyana to be governed – by a government of national unity. Granger, from A Partnership for National Unity (APNU) and Ramjattan, of the Alliance for Change (AFC), were the only two of the four presidential candidates heading into the November 28 polls who showed up for the Presidential Forum organized by local organization, Merundoi. Donald Ramotar, of the incumbent PPP/C stayed away, with chief campaign spokesman Robert Persaud calling the forum an “opposition” show.  Peter Persaud of The United Force (TUF), was also absent. The PPP/C has spoken of a “conspiracy” by the AFC and APNU to amass enough votes to make the PPP/C lose the control it has had of the National Assembly even if it wins the Presidency.

Hamilton Green

(KN) With less than two weeks to go before the Guyanese electorates head to the polls serious allegations of extortion are now surfacing and implicate none other than the Mayor of Georgetown Hamilton Green. The People’s Progressive Party Civic Campaign Spokesperson, Robert Persaud, on Tuesday leveled the accusation against someone he called a prominent individual and said that reports have been made to the police. While Persaud did not name the individual to whom he was referring this newspaper has been reliably informed that the reference was being made to the City Mayor Hamilton Green. Persaud told media operatives yesterday during the party’s campaign update that his party was in receipt of complaints from some store owners and vendors that have said that they are being harassed and threatened by the individual (Green).

Roger Levans

Roger Levans, the Guyanese man who was charged with cocaine trafficking after drugs were found in his suitcase and later freed, has sued Delta Airlines citing severe emotional distress, financial loss and damage to his reputation. According to the New York Post, Levans a 56-year-old Yankees Stadium security guard filed the lawsuit on Wednesday and has described the shock of being charged with a crime he didn’t commit. The South Ozone Park, Queens resident in an interview with the Post said the horrors began on December 29 last after he got off his Delta Airlines flight from Guyana where he had been visiting family for Christmas. The ordeal did not end until March, when the US Attorney’s Office in Brooklyn finally dropped its drug charges.