By Leonard GildarieIn recent weeks, Kaieteur News and the rest of the country became fixated on news of an embattled Minister,Leonard Gildariethe housing lands deals on the East Bank of Demerara and forensic audits.I have watched as Guyana evolved in the last 15 years or so when it comes to the news.In the late 1990’s, it was heating up following the events of the troubled 1997 elections when parts of the city were looted and buildings burned.But things changed dramatically following that now infamous 2002 Mash Day escape by five men from the Camp Street jail. That breakout was the start.I was living overseas at the time and it was with horror that I read daily of the executions, robbery attacks on businesses and kidnappings. One shootout between gunmen and police even took place a couple doors away from the city home of former Home Affairs Minister,
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