Guyana's First Executive President Dies At Age 77!

September 09-2009:

Guyana's First Executive President Dies At Age 77!

I can recall in Guyana, when the National Constitution was being re-written to cater to the then Prime Minister L.F.S. Burhnam's desire and future ascendency to the presidency. He had to find someone to act as an Interim President, until his turn came around. So Justice Arthur Chung agreed to take this position. I don't know if Arthur "was made an offer he couldn't refuse." But he took it anyway.

And when his time ended, and national elections for both positions of Prime Minister & President of Guyana. L.F.S. Burhnam was now ready for 'his close up.'

Comrade Arthur Chung (was the preferred prefix to his position), was also an enigma, in the sense that one could not imagine Guyana, a country of predominantly people of Indian and African descent, would have an Indigenous Chinese for it's president. So it was a subject for great amusement among the commons.


I never knew much about Arthur Chung's services while he was on the bench. But he probably did something to impress Forbes Burhnam, to make him that offer.


May his soul go, where all souls go after leaving the physical body in PEACE.

Derryck S. Griffith.
NYC.