Granger swears as Guyana's new president with a one seat majority in legislature

Monday, May 18th 2015 - 04:55 UTC

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Former army brigadier David Granger was sworn in as Guyana's new president on Saturday after his multiracial opposition coalition narrowly won a national election, heralding a new chapter in the ethnically-divided. Read full article

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CabezaDura2
“I shall be a good president for all the people of Guyana,” Granger said after taking the oath of office for his five-year term.

Yeah thats what all African and Middleastern leaders say when they take office.
Hutus vs Tutsi
Shia vs Sunni
Sinhalise vs Tamils

Thats the problem with all multicultural countries, they just dont get along.
May 18th, 2015 - 01:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
“Granger swears”

He told Ramotar to ”fuck off and don't come back, you crook.'

Sounds reasonable to me!
May 18th, 2015 - 05:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Skip
“Thats the problem with all multicultural countries, they just dont get along.”

All?

Like multi-national countries such as Switzerland, Spain, UK, Canada?

Or multicultural migrant countries such as UK, Canada, U.S., New Zealand, Australia and Singapore?

Such broad generalisations that don't stack up to reality.
May 20th, 2015 - 12:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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CabezaDura2
Spain, UK and Canada are examples where one side is being subsidised to “Keep calm and carry on” and the other side is bitter.

“Or multicultural migrant countries such as UK, Canada, U.S., New Zealand, Australia and Singapore?” Well in my opinion it depends if the migration is generalized in the whole country instead of a fixed area and mixed with other groups fairly proportionally rather than one single party or origin of migrants.

And needless to say Muslims are not included.
May 20th, 2015 - 01:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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