January 16-2011:
Holding Our Political Leadership Accountable After The National Election!
Guyanese, it is time you get the message. And that message is the following.
* Whoever wins the general election this year 2011, (and I hope it is Brigadier David A. Granger), has to acknowledge that he is beholden to all Guyanese.
* That he is employed by all Guyanese, and his salary, and those of his administrators will be paid by Guyanese tax payers.
* And that we do not want any re-treads, or any of those individuals who was a part of the Burhnam, Jagan, and Baldeo legacy within the new political administration (PERIOD).
* And that we (Guyanese) at home and abroad will be monitoring all that they do from day one. And will be informing (the Administration), and ourselves about methods, and actions to be used if and when necessary, to ensure that our collective wishes are met.
These are our expectations going forward in the future after the general election is concluded, and the new administration is sworn into office.
FURTHERMORE, No one will be excluded from our engagement, observation, accountability, and transparency either.
We also need the new administration to work towards the provision of Fibre Optic Internet Access for all Guyanese throughout the length and breadth of Guyana. Because most Guyanese do not have access to the Internet, or cannot afford access to it.
Resulting in them being mis-informed, mislead, and specially targeted by the political administration in office currently. By virtue of their political control, coercion, and influence of the local media.
This cannot be tolerated in any Democratic society, or any society that believes in TRUE Democracy, that purports to ensure there is Freedom Of Speech, via All media outlets, Freedom Of Expression on the Streets, Press, Internet, Radio, and Television.
This is our Resolve and Expectation going forward henceforth!
Derryck S. Griffith.
Guyanese.
NYC.
AFRO-GUYANESE UPDATE:
ReplyDeleteThe Blacks in Guyana cannot truly refer to themselves as Africans, just like the Indo-Guyanese cannot refer to themselves as Indians.
Because none of us can trace our ancestral history via language, location/region, or family lineage.
Our ancestors who came or was brought to British Guiana did so voluntarily (like the Indians did), and in-voluntarily like the Blacks/Africans did.
Today, neither group can speak Hindi, Swahili, Farsi, Urdu, or whatever dialect each group originally spoke.
This is the SALIENT difference between these two groups that I am emphasizing.
Those Afro-Guyanese who chose to call themselves or self-identify as Africans, do so freely and by choice.
Those Indo-Guyanese who seem to prefer to identify with India, do so freely by personal choice too.
Derryck.
NYC.