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By Ralph SeeramFive or six years ago the Guyanese American Cultural Association of Central Florida held a Guyana Day celebration to coincide with Guyana’s Independence Anniversary. We knew that there were Guyanese in the Orlando area but were not sure of the numbers. Nevertheless, we (I was part of the planning committee) decided to put on a cultural show for the benefit of Guyanese and especially their children.At the time the Association was hoping for a crowd of five hundred persons, which they thought would have been a great figure. To our surprise there was a turnout of over 3000 Guyanese. It was unbelievable. We never thought so many Guyanese lived in the Orlando area.Over the years the numbers have grown, and this fact has not been lost on the political parties in Guyana — PPP, PNC/APNU and the AFC. Their fundraising activities were no longer confined to New York and Miami. Leading the charge to Orlando was the AFC who visited the area twice,Wholesale China NFL Jerseys, followed by the PPP in July. Those visitors in July included President Bharrat Jagdeo, Presidential candidate Donald Ramotar and three senior Cabinet Ministers.A week ago it was APNU’S turn–APNU nominee for President David Granger along with Rupert Roopnaraine to spread their message and raise some funds. I took the opportunity to interview Mr. Granger during his visit to the Orlando Curry Duck competition.Responding to the question on corruption and what a President Granger will do to eliminate it, Mr. Granger said that he would reestablish the Rule of Law and make accountability a high priority. He would not hesitate to fire anyone, be it a Cabinet Minister or public servant found guilty of corruption.He noted that the corruption is at all levels and the PPP is responsible for that situation. One of the first acts he would do is substantially increase the pay of the Police Force and Public Servants. He is of the opinion that a well paid public servant will be less susceptible to corruption. He wants when a visitor comes to Guyana, they must meet a well paid police or public servant and not expecting to pay a bribe to get services done.Touching on the Presidency, Mr. Granger feels that under the present Constitution the Presidency wields too much power. As President he will try to modify the Constitution to shift back some of the powers to the Prime Minister, reorganize and strengthen the Judiciary, reestablished a functioning Ombudsman.Transparency and accountability will be given high priority in his administration. He was very critical of what he felt was the PPP neglect of the Amerindians in Guyana especially in the area of trafficking in young Amerindians girls, pointing out that the PPP has only recently been paying attention to the native Guyanese because of the upcoming elections.Rebuking the PPP claims of progress,mlb jerseys china, the Retired Brigadier General said that while the PPP Government was building monuments, it was sadly lacking in human development. He pointed out that in Guyana today there are more street children begging, more homeless people and more orphanages, a sign that all is not well as the PPP wants the public to believe.On the upcoming elections he feels that APNU will capture the youth votes, especially those brought up under the PPP Administration, pointing out that there is a very high unemployment rate among youths.I asked Mr. Granger his thoughts on the Guyana /Venezuela border issue that recently began to resurface. The APNU Presidential was emphatic that as far as he is concerned the border issue was settled permanently in the 1890s and there should be no compromise on the issue.During the Duck Curry competition Mr. Granger was introduced to the 3000 West Indians mainly Guyanese and Trinis.During my recent trip to Guyana,Wholesale NFL Jerseys China, on a visit to Georgetown, for a moment I thought I was in New York City. Too many cars. The city will run out of streets if the present trend continues.There is no courtesy among drivers, they do not observe stop signs or signals,NFL Jerseys 2018, and no wonder the accident rate is so high. Traffic police could be seen speaking to drivers, but my friend pointed out that it was not about enforcement. He explained that the police only ask the driver two questions,Cheap NFL Jerseys China, ‘right’ or ‘left.’ Right is to write a ticket, left is to lef some money. The driver has a choice.Mara, Gregory, Raju (my driver) and Errol, thanks to you for making the trip pleasant for my family and me. Errol,Cheap NFL Jerseys, thanks for the wonderful dinner at Caribbean Cuisine. If you are from the Diaspora in Berbice try to have lunch or dinner at Caribbean Cuisine at Number Two Village, Corentyne. The ambiance is great.Ralph Seeram can be reached at email: [email protected]
