Introduction
This column extends to Mr Trotman compliments and appreciation for his publication. It is not a major work and the ten chapters of the book cover just 50 pages. But he does have the distinction of being the Minister under whom Guyana became an oil producing state, and his version of the events leading up to that occasion in 2019, is a matter for current political discourse as well as the historical records.
Prior to the election of the current President, our country has had eight presidents and it is most unfortunate that none of them has had a biography or an autobiography, encompassing their presidency. The same holds true for our past Finance Ministers and Foreign Ministers who have served through some momentous episodes in the country’s brief history. It would be edifying and instructive to have read the personal reflections of Burnham to Ramotar and Granger, from Frank Hope to Winston Jordan, and from Demond Hoyte to Moses Nagamootoo. Their contributions might have saved us from that national pastime of repeating the mistakes of the past.