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Nov 08, 2009 Letters
Dear Editor,
On the 4th of November BBC 4 carried a news item about Guyana sinking in to a state of lawlessness.
The subject of the broadcast was the most recent torture of a teen in custody. What the BBC tells the world the world believes and the message sent out is that Guyana has become so deformed and lawless we can produce law enforcement officials who commit such barbaric crimes.
The BBC sees it as further evidence that Guyana is sinking in to a state of anarchy. These days news travels fast and negative news even faster.
It is possible that because of this latest episode of “roughing up” Guyana’s nascent tourism industry will take a nose dive, and more importantly perhaps, the LCDS will be adversely affected as the country slips into international odium.
Once more we may have shot ourselves in the foot and can probably kiss the “tree money” goodbye.
To salvage the LCDS, our tourism industry and our battered image, Guyana must begin the slow and painful process of finding its way forward as a country which respects the rule of law and truly embraces all aspects of good governance.
This process must begin in earnest and begin with renegotiating British involvement in Security Sector Reform.
We must realise that the world is now asking a simple question: how can a country that cares nothing about its people care about the planet?
It is a difficult question to respond to but the answer must begin with the right actions being taken now.
F. Hamley Case
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