When the PPP lost the 2015 elections Robert Persaud cut and ran. Now he is being 'rewarded' with a critical position - foreign secretary! This is absolute crap and an insult to many who gave so much to ensure rigged elections did not triumph. Robert is married to Jagdeo's niece and there are unanswered allegations about financial impropriety during the 2015 meeting. It would have been a magnanimous gesture to include at least one small party leader in the cabinet. The PPP is beginning to look and feel like same ole same ole and Jagdeo's aura is already beginning to overshadow Irfan's.
Jagdeo had questioned the title of the post of Foreign Secretary noting that that in the United Kingdom, the Foreign Secretary refers to the Minister. Is the PPP/C now not being equally incestuous and nepotistic in retaining the post of Foreign Secretary and in it to a political operative, Persaud? Persaud has no known background in foreign relations, either by training or appointment.
Persaudโs appointment raises concerns as to his role in relation to the Foreign Minister. Will he become the de facto Minister or is it now the case where a political appointee will assume the role of the countryโs chief diplomat?
More Focus should be place in what we can give to Guyana than what Guyana can give to us...relax on this wanting...wanting...wanting...never ending wanting...Don't wait until we become Paradise to return...come and practically contribute...Mother and Motherland priority...an ounce of Practice is better than a ton of Preaching...
LET ME BE CLEAR
No one want to vote out PPP. All we want is no nepotism and people with high morality and credibile character to do the people business.
chairman post=384063 Wrote:Don't wait until we become Paradise to return...come and practically contribute... Mother and Motherland priority...an ounce of Practice is better than a ton of Preaching...
Coolie man still see India as dem Motherland :whistle:
Black man see Guyana as dem Motherland ~
The PPP/C is fully aware that the post of Foreign Secretary was a creation of the APNU+AFC to retain the services of Carl Greenidge who had been disqualified as a Minister by virtue of his dual citizenship. The same thing happened in respect to the then Minister of State in the Ministry of the Presidency. He was disqualified from continuing as Minister and therefore was given the post of Director General.
The then leader of the Opposition, Bharrat Jagdeo, blasted these appointments. He was critical of the APNU+AFC Coalition for what he called the creation of new high-paying jobs for former ministers, who were forced to resign due to their dual citizenship status. This is what he said:
โSo we had new Members of Parliament appointed to replace those who were dual citizens. We have a new set of Ministers, and what happened to the four Ministers? Now they have cushy high-paying jobs in the Government again, if this is not an incestuous, corrupt cabal nothing is, no one is.โ
He even questioned the title of the post of Foreign Secretary. He noted that in the United Kingdom, the Foreign Secretary refers to the Minister.
