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Jul 06, 2015 Letters
Dear Editor,
Through your medium I want to address the honorable Vice President and Minister of Public Security Khemraj Ramjattan
The first thing I would like to get out of the way is that I’m not the owner of a bar, a restaurant, a club or any of the other entities that will suffer great losses, once the 2:00am curfew becomes effective. What I am is a concerned citizen of my beloved country Guyana, just as you are.
And also a citizen with a voice, because of casting my vote at the 2015 May 11th Regional and General Elections. A voice which I intend to sound if and when I see that laws in my country are being enforced, which will have a negative effect on Guyana and Guyanese in the long run.
For the past few weeks the buzz around Guyana was and is about the decision to put a 2:00am curfew on entities that sell and serve alcoholic beverages.
Because of some theory of that partying after 2:00am while drinking, has a direct relation to violence and domestic violence against women.
After reading this and some other statements on this topic, I was so much in shock and disbelief that our brand new Public Security Minister, who hasn’t been in office over one hundred days, has taken such weak approach in dealing with crime here in Guyana.
Of course, I know that what he’s trying to do here is and was always the law, which wasn’t enforced by the previous administration. But I must remind that there are other important and crucial issues that are taking place in Guyana on a daily basis, which I personally think should be prioritize, for the sake of our country.
Let’s go on a little reality ride, there are ten bars in a community, each of those ten bars has twenty supporters, who’re drinking heavily to not only enjoy themselves, but also drinking heavily to enjoy themselves before the 2:00am curfew arrives.
2:00am comes and those supporters have to leave those venues because of the curfew. Mind you, they’re all people who are driving their own vehicles.
Can you guess what will be the outcome of this?
No need to guess anymore, I’ll tell you, we then will have two hundred intoxicated drivers on the road of the same community, which increases the possibilities for accidents and deaths. It also increases the chances of violence and other unnecessary happenings.
I’ve been in several parties overseas at which I became very intoxicated before 2:00am. At that time there was a last call for alcohol sale, but the party didn’t stop. So what happens next? I’m in that party intoxicated while not being able to purchase any alcohol. However I was still partying and drinking only water until 4:30am when the party was finish.
That right there gave me the chance to sober up enough, whereby I could’ve taken responsibilities for all of my actions, including driving home while the sun was up. I even had the strength and courage to catch an early morning game of football in the street with my friends.
Closing the bars, restaurants and nightclubs at 2:00am will do more harm than good in the long run to our beautiful country. So Mr Minister, all I’m asking for is fairness in your decisions.
Think about not only how this decision will have an effect of the decreasing of crime here in Guyana, but also how this decision will have a negative effect of business owners, their employees and the economy of our country all together, thank you.
Jamall Adams
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