SOMEONE asked recently:  What is Dr. Jagan’s legacy?  Well, look around you. We are the legacy left by Dr. Cheddi Jagan – the Father of the Guyanese nation.  As long as we, as a collective, stand firmly, in unity, to carry on the work that Dr. Jagan dedicated all his adult life to, then the legacy of Dr. Cheddi Jagan will never die.

Detractors label him many types of “ists,” but Dr. Jagan was a humanist, who lived his creed on which he based his primary goal:  “Development with a human face.”
Our great leader never lost his simplicity, and his humane approach to problem resolution. His love for humanity crossed every border and transcended every divide to encapsulate the global community, within the concepts and the context of his “New Global Human Order.” Although he was dubbed the Mahatma of the Western hemisphere because of the greatness of his soul, he never lost the common touch.  We can afford to ignore those who attempt to besmirch his character because we have been blessed to know him as they do not.  There is a poem which says:
You ant
Struggling along
Burdened by the weight of your ego
Your arrogance
And self-importance
Are such heavy loads
Upsetting your mental balance
Look out!
Here comes a man
Squish!
Poor ant
Crushed by the weight
Of your insignificance.
Acolytes of the great Dr. Cheddi Jagan can never let the “uninformed ramblings” of the inconsequential and the insignificant derail the impetus of development initiatives and goals of the People’s Progressive Party, and one Congress theme: “Strengthen the Party, Secure the Nation, and accelerate development,” points the way forward and embodies the Jagan legacy.
The Guyana Human Rights Association should take cognizance of the fact that human rights violations were factored into every aspect of the daily existence of every immigrant or emancipated slave, even after slavery was abolished, until the emergence of the People’s Progressive Party.
Space does not permit documentation of the struggles and accomplishments of the PPP/C Government, but they are well-chronicled, and the truth shall prevail over those who are attempting to re-write the history of Guyana to make white seem black, and vice versa.