Let’s look at it from a different perspective Mike

Mar 01, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
I read the letter captioned, “Was Jagan a perfect politician?” And was prompted to have Mike Persaud and other readers look at it from a different perspective.
First of all Jagan was a great leader/politician, the best in our time. He fought and led the struggle for a better Guyana from the inception of his political career to the end of his life. He never wavered and was the principal character that led the fight for independence and the restoration of democracy in 1992.
It is a fact that the country was divided racially under the watch of Jagan and Burnaham. But who was responsible for the division, Jagan and Burnham were leaders of the same party (PPP), Burnham along with the British and American intelligence were successful in splitting the PPP because the British and Americans did not like Cheddi who was a Marxist/Lenninist. Burnham wanted to be leader or nothing. Hence the PNC was birthed and Burnham became the leader and the Afro-Guyanese went with him. Who is the divisionist?
It is documented in our history that Forbes was the “lesser of the two evils”. He followed the American model and rigged elections to retain power.
Jagan preached and practice racial and working class unity for more than a quarter century and at the end defeated Burnhamism and the PNC through free and fair election with the help of the Carter Center.
Mike opined the two leaders should have stepped aside and allowed others, but it simply does not work that way Mike. Burnham was virtually secretly paid by central intelligence.
What is Mike trying to do when he mentions the Civic of the PPP and did not mention the Reform component of the PNC as a smoke screen?
The PPP/Civic was not only composed of Afro ethnicity, Fung On, Dale Bisnauth, Manzoor and others were also Civic.
Distortions, ambiguities and rhetoric are misleading our people. Only truth and love can mend whatever ethnic difference is still there. And let everyone be fully persuaded in their own minds.
Last but certainly not least, Mike said Jagan was stricken and died suddenly because he practiced ethnic politics, I say this to you Mike, “judge not……. “
F. Singh

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