Hello there Comrade Minister. The “comrade” is a salute to and recognition of your former Communistic but still Socialist-oriented disposition. “Minister”, of course, denotes your governmental, Cabinet status as an Executive Servant of the People. “Sir” comes from our old colonial culture, less than knighthood but that form of respect for a male (superior)
Let me start with early-days trivia. You will recall and agree that we both attended Bourda R.C. Primary on Regent Street in Bourda in the fifties. That makes us early school-mates but, Frankly Speaking, I’m not sure which one of us is proud of that, though I’m your senior – – if only age-wise.
Dr Cheddi Jagan later embraced and nurtured you after discovering you on the side-walks of Robb Street’s Metropole and Freedom House. My genuine pride of and over you derives from the fact that you learnt swiftly: PYO/PPP Communist/Socialist ideology and world orientation; your education during PPP visits to numerous countries including the