Dear Editor,
Over time words and phrases in a language undergo changes, and sometimes current conditions distort the original meaning of certain words and phrases. In Guyana, like the rest of the “so called” free world, democracy has shifted in meaning. Democracy identifies a system of government where a constitution and its various articles are considered sacrosanct.
I was among those who at midnight of the 26th of May 1966, witnessed then Lieutenant Desmond Roberts gracefully hoisting our National Flag at the Queen Elisabeth Park in Georgetown; our flag, the Golden Arrowhead, proudly fluttered by the northeast trade winds, the Union Jack, the flag of our most recent European masters was lowered.
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