Ashni is preparing for an early 2011 National Budget and is doing so as fast as he can in Ashni fashion.
Why we say Ashni Fashion? The stump has learnt the Jagdeo style of politics where consultations are a thing of the past.
Here the Finance Minister will pass an early budget since the Jagdeo led PPP government wants an early elections.
How better to start the ball rolling when issues of the previous Auditor General report is still unresolved and Jagdeo can do some 'illegal' spending dishing out cash from the Contingency Fund to some poor, unsuspecting Guyanese who he will use as elections pawn.
Ashni is is gonna come with a 'bigger, better' budget this year. We sincerely doubt there will be any reduction in taxes and if they are, it means the PPP will use this as an elections tool. What about VAT returns? More than likely this will be used to off set expenses of the Jagdeo's cable.
We predict a January budget, Ashni Style.
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 30, 2010
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Steve's gotta go!
Jagdeo plans to remove Steve Surujbally from his post as Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission. We had first warned right here on this blog that after months of struggling to realize funds to ensure that the Continuous Registration process is complete, the vet and Chairman of GECOM was desperately trying to meet Finance Minster Dr. Ashni Singh.
While such a task is not his job, but that of the Chief Elections Officer Gocool Bodhoo, the Chairman was at his wits end after GECOM could not find funds to rent additional properties for the registration.
Surujbally had warned before that moves were intensifying by political quacks to have the elections postponed, that was what happened with the Local Government Elections, He suspected the same will happen as GECOM prepares for general elections next year.
Now its a gamble about placing the ads with the Govt directing GECOM an autonomous body where to place their ads. Jagdeo fails to realize that he has handed out the computers yet !
Jagdeo little plan is hatching we just hope it doesn't turn out to be a ganga egg.
While such a task is not his job, but that of the Chief Elections Officer Gocool Bodhoo, the Chairman was at his wits end after GECOM could not find funds to rent additional properties for the registration.
Surujbally had warned before that moves were intensifying by political quacks to have the elections postponed, that was what happened with the Local Government Elections, He suspected the same will happen as GECOM prepares for general elections next year.
Now its a gamble about placing the ads with the Govt directing GECOM an autonomous body where to place their ads. Jagdeo fails to realize that he has handed out the computers yet !
Jagdeo little plan is hatching we just hope it doesn't turn out to be a ganga egg.
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
The PPP candidates' list
The process has started. The weeding out of some "old" ones and the bringing in of the Jagdeo-ites has started in order to ensure certain things are kept in place for the next "PPP"/Jagdeo Government.
Carvil Duncan and Bishop Juan Edghill, two well-known soup-drinkers are said to be on the PPP list of candidates for the 2011 elections. Sources said that the list is being crafted and many who have received the government's support in their pockets by being appointed to boards etc are being called on to show their allegiance to the PPP government. This will be most likely with Bharrat Jagdeo at the helm either as President or Prime Minister.
our sources tell us that names already on the list are an editor, two reporters, several businessmen, an executive close to DDL, a Trade unionist, former banker, media mogul, two prominent members of the the Private Sector and the parents of a minister of government.
Carvil Duncan and Bishop Juan Edghill, two well-known soup-drinkers are said to be on the PPP list of candidates for the 2011 elections. Sources said that the list is being crafted and many who have received the government's support in their pockets by being appointed to boards etc are being called on to show their allegiance to the PPP government. This will be most likely with Bharrat Jagdeo at the helm either as President or Prime Minister.
our sources tell us that names already on the list are an editor, two reporters, several businessmen, an executive close to DDL, a Trade unionist, former banker, media mogul, two prominent members of the the Private Sector and the parents of a minister of government.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Media Monitoring Unit
Closure of the Media Monitoring Unit likely to go unchallenged by Civil Society, Political Parties, the Private Sector and the donors.
We expect that the sheep will continue to hide and left the wolf reign riping this growing democracy apart in the bid for a third term or even cheating the 2011 elections starting off with race bashing and then character assassination.
Who stands up at a time like this for the rest of the country?
Why hasn't those who like their names to be printed in black and white everyday or grace the television screens with their arrogance run to the Court to challenge this atrocity that is about to happen.
Bharrat Jagdeo continues to live the dream of Forbes Burnham everyday, a stinking dictator with an evil mind to punish his people while he suckle on the sweet honey.
We expect that the sheep will continue to hide and left the wolf reign riping this growing democracy apart in the bid for a third term or even cheating the 2011 elections starting off with race bashing and then character assassination.
Who stands up at a time like this for the rest of the country?
Why hasn't those who like their names to be printed in black and white everyday or grace the television screens with their arrogance run to the Court to challenge this atrocity that is about to happen.
Bharrat Jagdeo continues to live the dream of Forbes Burnham everyday, a stinking dictator with an evil mind to punish his people while he suckle on the sweet honey.
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Elections - 2011?
It’s close to the 2011 and you are not sure there would be General Elections- We share your pain.
If the Jagdeo administration throws a Manning fit and calls General Elections tomorrow - you have no idea who you’d be voting for- We share your pain.
It is quite obvious that voters this time around would have a difficult time choosing a leader as they have had in 2006.
The PPP record of corruption, crime, cronism and unaccountability haven’t help, neither has the PNC’s lack of leadership, indecisiveness and baggage of dismal performance has helped their image.
The AFC has practiced much of what it has preached since 2006 and opted to be a party that use to the opportunity to rebut everything that spilled from the others’ mouth.
We predict fewer voter turn out if elections is called, we also predict mass rigging- as the government may seek to allow overseas voting.
In 2001, the three main parties and two others blamed the low voter turn out on migration. None of them noted their dismal performance since 2001 and the fact that the citizenry may have been silently protesting against them by not exercising their franchise.
With a population or more than 700000 in 2006, the Guyana Elections Commission recorded a more than 350000 voter population. There was a 69% voter turn out for that Election says the Commission. It was the lowest voter turn out since Guyana’s Independence.
We see it as the year, the PPP and PNC also lost considerable votes in traditional strong holds as we will later point out.
The PPP lost Indian votes, the PNC sank lower and the AFC entered the political realm.
For the PPP Region 4 was a walk over, as President Jagdeo said publicly that he expects his party to win more black votes than the PNC and AFC combined.
We may never know, but what we know that the PPP netted only 61000 votes in 2006 a far cry from the more than 74000 it has won in 2001.
As for the PNC, that party scrapped a miserable 67000 votes that can’t even compare to the more than 94000 in 2001.
More than 217000 Region 4 residents voted in 2001 but in 2006 148000 voted, 2000 were probably unsure when they spoiled their votes.
As for Region 6, a stronghold of the PPP just about 50000 people voted, more than 80000 voted in 2006.
41000 of that more than 50000 voted for the PPP.
As for Region 10 the PNC strong hold, it lost more than 30000 to AFC and the Elections Commission averaged that more than 10000 Lindeners did not vote.
In the end, this is what happened, PPP won 36 seats, two more than it had in 2001, the PNC lost 3 and was reduced to 22 seats and AFC got 6. Two other parties got one each and the PPP fought CN Sharma and his Justice for All Party in Court for a region Ten Seat that they had already taken away.
Our prediction?
PPP will win the 2011 elections
Jagdeo will be President
PPP will lose one seat
PNC will lose more than 5 seats
PNC will struggle to be the main opposition party as it preaches
Shared Governance
AFC will gain 4 more with an alliance with GAP/ROAR
We will be screwed once again as the PPP will come up with another corny line like LET THE PROGRESS continues and we will battle with them for another five years.
p.s. Dear Mista Rohee, a corrupt goat bite the presidential seat. Let me translate: no one else can get it.
If the Jagdeo administration throws a Manning fit and calls General Elections tomorrow - you have no idea who you’d be voting for- We share your pain.
It is quite obvious that voters this time around would have a difficult time choosing a leader as they have had in 2006.
The PPP record of corruption, crime, cronism and unaccountability haven’t help, neither has the PNC’s lack of leadership, indecisiveness and baggage of dismal performance has helped their image.
The AFC has practiced much of what it has preached since 2006 and opted to be a party that use to the opportunity to rebut everything that spilled from the others’ mouth.
We predict fewer voter turn out if elections is called, we also predict mass rigging- as the government may seek to allow overseas voting.
In 2001, the three main parties and two others blamed the low voter turn out on migration. None of them noted their dismal performance since 2001 and the fact that the citizenry may have been silently protesting against them by not exercising their franchise.
With a population or more than 700000 in 2006, the Guyana Elections Commission recorded a more than 350000 voter population. There was a 69% voter turn out for that Election says the Commission. It was the lowest voter turn out since Guyana’s Independence.
We see it as the year, the PPP and PNC also lost considerable votes in traditional strong holds as we will later point out.
The PPP lost Indian votes, the PNC sank lower and the AFC entered the political realm.
For the PPP Region 4 was a walk over, as President Jagdeo said publicly that he expects his party to win more black votes than the PNC and AFC combined.
We may never know, but what we know that the PPP netted only 61000 votes in 2006 a far cry from the more than 74000 it has won in 2001.
As for the PNC, that party scrapped a miserable 67000 votes that can’t even compare to the more than 94000 in 2001.
More than 217000 Region 4 residents voted in 2001 but in 2006 148000 voted, 2000 were probably unsure when they spoiled their votes.
As for Region 6, a stronghold of the PPP just about 50000 people voted, more than 80000 voted in 2006.
41000 of that more than 50000 voted for the PPP.
As for Region 10 the PNC strong hold, it lost more than 30000 to AFC and the Elections Commission averaged that more than 10000 Lindeners did not vote.
In the end, this is what happened, PPP won 36 seats, two more than it had in 2001, the PNC lost 3 and was reduced to 22 seats and AFC got 6. Two other parties got one each and the PPP fought CN Sharma and his Justice for All Party in Court for a region Ten Seat that they had already taken away.
Our prediction?
PPP will win the 2011 elections
Jagdeo will be President
PPP will lose one seat
PNC will lose more than 5 seats
PNC will struggle to be the main opposition party as it preaches
Shared Governance
AFC will gain 4 more with an alliance with GAP/ROAR
We will be screwed once again as the PPP will come up with another corny line like LET THE PROGRESS continues and we will battle with them for another five years.
p.s. Dear Mista Rohee, a corrupt goat bite the presidential seat. Let me translate: no one else can get it.
Saturday, May 8, 2010
From professional to ugly politician - Ashni Singh
According to the Press, Finance Minister (technocrat-turned-politician) was the guest speaker to the Annual General Meeting of the private Sector Commission.
However one would have thought that he was speaking to a group of PPP supporters. His entire speech was based on his belief:
- that the press is biased against the Government
- that "mistakes" during the elections must be excused as mistakes
- that the one or two lapses of GoG must not be interpreted as 'corruption'
- that the transparency international and economic freedom evaluations are all liars
- that the auditor general reports on 'lapses' by the GoG should not be viewed as report of corruption or fraud
What a shame!
He spent one hour quoting from the Dick on criticisms of the USA government, not realizing that he was showing his Government's weakness! He tried to prove to all that Dick Morris could have said what he wanted about the US government....
NEWS FLASH to MR. ASHNI SINGH: no one can criticize the GoG!!! Jagdeo, yourself and everyone else reacts violently when criticized!
He spent another hour talking about elections in the UK - and asking all the business men to pardon any mistakes the GoG will make during the next general elections.
He spent another half hour lambasting the press about quoting from the auditor general's report - while he spent the hour quoting from various sources.
He spent an hour talking about the politics of the PPP and, reading between the lines, he begged the audience to keep supporting the PPP.
Two-and-a-half-hours of venal garbage. Rather than talk about investment, liquidity, bank regulations and topics of interest to the businessmen, he preached politics!!!
What a waste of time! The brilliance that we once knew as Ashni Singh has disappeared. In his place is a Jagdeo lackey, a PPP apologist and a corrupt politician who makes excuses for the lapses of the Government. I guess it all started with construction of the Caricom's annexe.
Meanwhile, we note that Ashni Singh holds the post of Finance Minister while his wife holds the post of Auditor General (ag).
However one would have thought that he was speaking to a group of PPP supporters. His entire speech was based on his belief:
- that the press is biased against the Government
- that "mistakes" during the elections must be excused as mistakes
- that the one or two lapses of GoG must not be interpreted as 'corruption'
- that the transparency international and economic freedom evaluations are all liars
- that the auditor general reports on 'lapses' by the GoG should not be viewed as report of corruption or fraud
What a shame!
He spent one hour quoting from the Dick on criticisms of the USA government, not realizing that he was showing his Government's weakness! He tried to prove to all that Dick Morris could have said what he wanted about the US government....
NEWS FLASH to MR. ASHNI SINGH: no one can criticize the GoG!!! Jagdeo, yourself and everyone else reacts violently when criticized!
He spent another hour talking about elections in the UK - and asking all the business men to pardon any mistakes the GoG will make during the next general elections.
He spent another half hour lambasting the press about quoting from the auditor general's report - while he spent the hour quoting from various sources.
He spent an hour talking about the politics of the PPP and, reading between the lines, he begged the audience to keep supporting the PPP.
Two-and-a-half-hours of venal garbage. Rather than talk about investment, liquidity, bank regulations and topics of interest to the businessmen, he preached politics!!!
What a waste of time! The brilliance that we once knew as Ashni Singh has disappeared. In his place is a Jagdeo lackey, a PPP apologist and a corrupt politician who makes excuses for the lapses of the Government. I guess it all started with construction of the Caricom's annexe.
Meanwhile, we note that Ashni Singh holds the post of Finance Minister while his wife holds the post of Auditor General (ag).
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Boycott looms for Guyana's 1st elections since '94
Boycott looms for Guyana's 1st elections since '94
(Associated Press)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Opposition leaders in this South American country threatened Thursday to boycott the first municipal elections in 16 years over a plan to give a government-dominated commission control over local affairs.
The government says the proposed seven-member commission would reduce the central government's power over cities, but critics note that the government would still appoint a majority of its members.
"We can't agree with this and are not prepared to work with this," said Oscar Clarke, general secretary of the main opposition People's National Congress.
Clarke said his party might boycott planned April elections if the government doesn't agree to give local governments greater control over their own affairs, such as helping decide how to allocate funds.
He complained that the current system gives the central government power to fire and hire key city staffers, as well as to withhold funds for municipalities and neighborhood councils.
The government has proposed the commission plan to parliament as an alternative.
Vishnu Persaud, Guyana electoral commission spokesman, said officials are planning elections for a still-unset date in mid-April to choose mayors and councilors of six towns and 65 rural districts.
Guyana has not elected mayors, district and village leaders since 1994, largely due to continuing disputes about how to update voter registration lists.
Disputes over voting lists also prompted delays in several recent presidential elections.
Plans to hold municipal elections last year were scrapped because officials said new voter cards based on updated lists were not yet ready and a redistricting project had not been completed.
Presidential and general elections are scheduled to be held next year.
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
(Associated Press)
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Opposition leaders in this South American country threatened Thursday to boycott the first municipal elections in 16 years over a plan to give a government-dominated commission control over local affairs.
The government says the proposed seven-member commission would reduce the central government's power over cities, but critics note that the government would still appoint a majority of its members.
"We can't agree with this and are not prepared to work with this," said Oscar Clarke, general secretary of the main opposition People's National Congress.
Clarke said his party might boycott planned April elections if the government doesn't agree to give local governments greater control over their own affairs, such as helping decide how to allocate funds.
He complained that the current system gives the central government power to fire and hire key city staffers, as well as to withhold funds for municipalities and neighborhood councils.
The government has proposed the commission plan to parliament as an alternative.
Vishnu Persaud, Guyana electoral commission spokesman, said officials are planning elections for a still-unset date in mid-April to choose mayors and councilors of six towns and 65 rural districts.
Guyana has not elected mayors, district and village leaders since 1994, largely due to continuing disputes about how to update voter registration lists.
Disputes over voting lists also prompted delays in several recent presidential elections.
Plans to hold municipal elections last year were scrapped because officials said new voter cards based on updated lists were not yet ready and a redistricting project had not been completed.
Presidential and general elections are scheduled to be held next year.
Copyright © 2010 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Overseas vote
The filing of a Constitutional Motion maybe the next step to blocking Local and General Elections and securing an extension in the Presidential office for another two years. We have been reliability informed that two overseas based Guyanese are preparing to file this motion through some lawyers in the local courts. This motion seeks to have challenge the lack of system for overseas voting and among their arguments would be that they have been disenfranchised by lack of such a system.
The chief culprits behind this act?
1.The man who recently wrote an article in the Mirror about overseas based Guyanese need to vote is the one touted to be drafting the legal arguments.
2. The man who has been saying that he will never agree to a third term but whose emoluments have increased significantly and will continue to do so in the up coming years.
3. The power drunk visitor to Guyana who has been denying that he will stay in that office.
The repercussions ?
Well the Guyana Elections Commission will have to stall its programme for the holding of Local Government Elections until the Court matter has been heard.
It will also in the mean time to have start registration of overseas based Guyanese.
The Country will have to wait until that process is over before Local and General Elections could proceed.
Given our court system and the back log who knows when this matter will be heard !
The chief culprits behind this act?
1.The man who recently wrote an article in the Mirror about overseas based Guyanese need to vote is the one touted to be drafting the legal arguments.
2. The man who has been saying that he will never agree to a third term but whose emoluments have increased significantly and will continue to do so in the up coming years.
3. The power drunk visitor to Guyana who has been denying that he will stay in that office.
The repercussions ?
Well the Guyana Elections Commission will have to stall its programme for the holding of Local Government Elections until the Court matter has been heard.
It will also in the mean time to have start registration of overseas based Guyanese.
The Country will have to wait until that process is over before Local and General Elections could proceed.
Given our court system and the back log who knows when this matter will be heard !
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