Monday, 23 May 2016

Boundless Accomplisher, Journalist, Statesman and Prime Minister of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana Mr. Moses V Nagamootoo. Part Final

Mr. Moses V Nagamootoo and the beginning of his political career ; The British Guiana got independence only on May 26, 1966; until then it was under the control of the British Government; for about 150 years .As indentured labor scheme was stopped by the British Government, majority  of  the Indo-Guyanese Indentured Laborers and their descendants, stayed back and settled in the British Guyana. In line with the contemporary development of international political scenario , in Guiana also the freedom movement took a new shape and speed.  Moses V Nagamootoo also played his own active part in the freedom Movement of Guyana.

Mr Moses Nagamootoo and People's Progressive Party , Guyana : The People's Progressive Party which played a major role in the freedom Movement of British Guiana was founded on the 1st January, 1950, by merging the Political Affairs Committee led by  Mr. Cheddi Jagan  [a descendant of an Indian indentured Laborer ] and the British Guiana Labor Party led by Mr. Forbes Burnham  .Young..Moses Nagamootoo entered Politics at the teen age  of 14  in 1961.  Moses Nagamootoo became a regular Member of the People's Progressive Party [PPP ] in 1964 and took a leading part in the Anti-Colonial freedom struggle for the cause of Guyana's independence; and he continued as a leading Member of the P.P.P till 2011. During the period from 1964 to 1976  he   served as an active   Member of the youth wing of the Progressive Youth Organization, in various capacities. He was one of the founders of the National Union of Students in 1966 and served as its first Organizing Secretary in an outstanding way.  Within a short span of time Moses Nagamootoo became one of the front line leaders in People's Progressive Party,[PPP] and served as its Central Committee Member of PPP for nearly 35 years [1976-2011]and  also functioned as its Executive Member of the People's Progressive Party, for nearly  27 years [1978- 2005].

Mr Nagamotoo as a Parliamentarian : Mr Moses V. Nagamooto is a powerful and convincing orator , writer,jurnalist and political  thinker and popular leader  .  He contested  the Parliamentary  Elections held in 1992, 1997, 2001 , 2006, 2011, as official candidate of the Peoples Progressive Party,Guyana and he won all the elections with good majority. In short we can say that he served as a great  Parliamentarian from 1991 to 2011 and also served as  Senior Minister of Information,  Minister of Local Government and Regional Development and Minister in Charge of Armerindians, etc,  in the Government of Guyana; under four Presidents namely : Mr.Cheddi Jagan, , Mr Samuel Hinds  Mrs Janet Jagan and Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo.

Mr.Moses V.Nagamootoo resigned from the People's Progressive.Party and joined A.F.C: As a Politician  he has his own political goals, ambitions and plans. In  October ,2011 surprisingly Moses Nagamootoo resigned form P.P.P   after having a long 50 years association with it  .With great risk but with great vision and confidence he moved his political pawns in the political  game and joined the Alliance For Change[AFC} in October 2011.  But Mr. Moses Nagamootoo was re-elected as a Member of Parliament in November, 2011 on the AFC's slate. Mr. Moses V. Nagamootoo became the Vice President of the A.F..C in November ,2011. As we know the goal of a Politician is to capture power to rule his nation and having got the power to rule , as a ruler the Politician  should sincerely work  for the progress of his country and country men. Even though many politicians criticized Moses Nagamooto on his resignation from PPP, he was not disturbed and he moved forward to achieve his political goals in a calculated and competent style. 

Electoral Alliance  signed  between A.F.C and A.P.N.U: Vice President of the A.F.C   Mr. Moses Nagamootoo and the Chairman of the A.P.N.U. Mr David Graner, signed a historical political agreement called Cunningburg Accord [ Valentine Day Accord ] on 14th  February,2015,  before the 2015 Parliament  Election ,  on behalf of their respective parties with unyielding dedication to change the political scenario of Guyana with an alternative Coalition Government.

Mr. Moses Veerasamy Nagamootoo was sworn as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana:: Due to some political developments in Guyana, the then President of the Republic of Guyana,  Mr Donald Ramdar , dismissed the National Assembly of Guyana and called for an  early Parliamentary Election  along with the Regional Elections, and accordingly the Parliamentary Election was held in Guyana in November , 2015. The APNU and AFC Alliance fielded its candidates against the People's Progressive Party candidates. and fought with great vigor and tenacity and won the Election by a single seat majority. The APNU and AFC Alliance bagged 33 Parliamentary seats as against 32 seat secured by People's Progressive Party. On the basis of the Election result the leader of the A.P.N.U, Mr David a. Granger was sworn in as President of the the Republlic of Guyana and Mr Moses V. Nagamootoo of the A.F.C was administered the oath of office as the Prime Minister and First Vice President  of the Republic of Guyana on 16th, May, 2015.. Since then Mr Moses Veerasamy  Nagamootoo has been functioning as Prime Minister of Guyana in an outstanding manner with great dedication and commitment. He loves the people of Guyana and Guyana very much. and so he  thinks for the people  and works for their progress, peaceful life , and prosperity

Conclusion: Long ago, during 19th century, some hundreds of Tamil  indentured laborers were taken in a Coolie Ship from Madras Port to Guyana  to work in the Sugar Plantations of Guyana as contract laborers and the Coolie Ship arrived  Guyana with the Tamil Coolie laborers in 1847 and those Laborers began to work in the Sugar Plantations like Bath Estate and  in such other Sugar  Estates in Guyana. Poverty you are the most cruelest of all cruel things. . Mr Moses V. Nagamootoo is a descendant of one of those Tamil Indentured laborers. My fingers are really privileged to trace the root  of his origin and  the route of his successful  life and write about his accomplishment and successes story in this Article. Really Mr . Moses V. Nagamootoo is an extraordinary, unique and a multi-faceted  person , and  by becoming the Prime Minister of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana he has given a sense of pride and happiness to all the Tamil Speaking people.  In this context I remember one of the famous Thirukural  written by Thivalluvar , that says that a mother gets great  joy when she  gives birth to a son but she gets greater joy when  she hears the news that her son's  integrity  and  enviable achievements. We are proud of  Mr Moses V.Nagamootoo's extraordinary accomplishments and his life has  really become an inspiration  to thousands of less privileged poor  people, throughout the world..
By. P. BABU MANOHARAN, M.A, [Rights reserved. This Article will be enlarged, modified and corrected if needed, later].





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