{"id":32316,"date":"2026-10-07T19:19:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=32316"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:19:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T23:19:08","slug":"october-5-1992-remains-a-critical-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/october-5-1992-remains-a-critical-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"October 5,\u00a01992,\u00a0remains a critical\u00a0lesson\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8211;<strong>I<\/strong><strong>n protecting Guyana\u2019s democracy<\/strong><strong>\u00a0&#8211; Nandlall<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">-by Celestine Juan <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall says the lessons of October 5, 1992,&nbsp;remain critical to protecting democracy in Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking on his Issues in the News programme&nbsp;last night,&nbsp;Nandlall reflected on Guyana\u2019s electoral history and the political developments that preceded what he described as a major turning point in the country\u2019s journey toward free and fair elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nandlall says the significance of the 1992 general elections cannot be understood without examining the events that preceded them, including controversies surrounding elections held during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He focused particularly on the electoral history of the post-independence period, beginning with the 1968 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<strong>You couldn&#8217;t challenge anything related to the elections. You had to wait until the elections results were declared, and that was the law that&nbsp;was fixed and set then in 1968<\/strong>,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2907-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2907-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2907-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2907-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2907-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/IMG_2907.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also pointed to the 1973 elections, when he said international observers were not permitted and voting mechanisms, including proxy and postal voting, became significant features of the electoral process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Attorney General said it is important for younger generations to understand what occurred before 1992, arguing that knowledge of Guyana\u2019s electoral past must remain part of the national conversation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 1992 general elections brought an end to the People\u2019s National Congress\u2019 28-year period in government, with the People\u2019s Progressive Party&nbsp;Civic&nbsp;securing 32 of the 65 seats in the National Assembly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Nandlall, the significance of October 5 goes beyond the political outcome of that particular election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He&nbsp;contends&nbsp;that the date serves as a reminder of the importance of strong electoral institutions and democratic safeguards, regardless of which political party is in government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;In protecting Guyana\u2019s democracy\u00a0&#8211; Nandlall -by Celestine Juan Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs Anil Nandlall says the lessons of October 5, 1992,&nbsp;remain critical to protecting democracy in Guyana.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32318,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[350,351],"tags":[488,370,412,405],"class_list":["post-32316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics","tag-488","tag-guyana","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32319,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32316\/revisions\/32319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}