We call ourselves a “democracy” but are we? How can the fundamental principle of any democratic state…the right of communities and people to choose their own leaders be perpetually denied for nearly two decades, and we still consider ourselves a democracy?
The question is, where does this leave the people of Guyana, the hardworking citizen who gets up and goes to work every day, sacrifices to look after their children, those who pay their taxes but gets very little in return? These law abiding citizens in today’s Georgetown are now required to pay for the collection of their garbage and to clean the drains in front of their homes, while watching on the nightly news the horrors that plague the management of the city. Worse of all is the sudden realization that the most simple solution