In a public Town Hall meeting Monday night, with an online viewership of 20,000, and over 100 members and supporters in attendance, the Board of Directors and general membership of the New York based Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID) voted unanimously to revoke and strip the Democracy Prize from Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Gonsalves was awarded the Prize in 2005. The motion was moved by Mr. Jason Benjamin and seconded by Dr. Michelle Luard. The motion accused Gonsalves of violating the standards of democracy as well as requirements of the Prize to which he was obligated.
The Board mandated CGID President, Rickford Burke, to communicate its decision to Prime Minister Gonsalves and to request that the Prize be returned by the end of August.
The announcement of the passage of the motion was met a sustained, thunderous applause.
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Thank goodness for whats right. This has been a long time coming and was an anomilly in the very begining.
The sun has got its hat on, hip hip hooray.
‘Caribbean Guyana Institute for Democracy (CGID)’ unanimous vote is ‘unanimously’ only within Guyana. This is the problem that hampers any great impact for unification within our Caribbean diaspora groups, organizations, initiatives, therefore watered-down every effort to strengthen CARICOM, the same problem since Federation. We do not have to look for the BIGGER picture but just observe the discord within our home groups where-ever we reside internationally. WE MUST START WITH A PROPER REVIEWED STRUCTURE. “refresher>>> “Together we Aspire; together we will Achieve.” In any STRUCTURE; the Foundation, the approach, is MOST crucial