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Sep 21, 2012 Letters
Dear Editor,
While Vishnu Bisram cannot be easily trusted, one cannot discount and must take seriously the following statement from him: “…many Indians have changed their view of the Desmond Hoyte presidency when comparing it with the PPP governance of the last few years.
“A lot of Indian business people said the country was better off under Hoyte’s presidency, regarding a crackdown on corruption and crime, and some have expressed regrets for not voting for Hoyte after the restoration of democracy…. Some are yearning for the rise of a Desmond Hoyte or a Messiah to save them” (“Ramotar has indeed tweaked the nation’s conscience”, KN, September 13, 2012).
Bisram’s bias to the PPP and revulsion to the PNC is well-known. For him to utter this statement is crucial. Let’s assume Bisram is correct here. What explains the change in Indian mindset to Hoyte? Firstly, there is the filthy degeneracy of the PPP in the past decade and during the Jagdeo years. That despicability has turned off many Indians.
Secondly, there is the comparative experience issue. Many recognize the change in the last few years of Hoyte’s rule and now see a country more criminalized, corrupt, degenerate and more unequal since Jagdeo compared to Hoyte.
Thirdly, some Indians, particularly the business class, know the PPP is operating the economy built by Hoyte albeit with more corruption, crime and wrongdoing. They innately know Hoyte would not have allowed corruption and crime to become such monstrosities.
Fourthly, Indians know that Hoyte was no different from Cheddi Jagan in terms of decency, integrity, character and incorruptibility. Fifthly, some Indians have arrived at their moral crossroads where morality now trumps blind political or ethno-political allegiance.
Some Africans had the same epiphany during the PNC reign which led to the rise of the WPA and Walter Rodney. Some Indians are increasingly refusing to subvert their moral code and dignity for a gang of vagabonds who have hijacked the PPP and who are arrogant about it.
The atrocities of this band that has seized the PPP has accomplished one of the great political-psychological revolutions of our nation; they have helped Indians free themselves.
Sixthly, Indians are shamed by the arrogant unfairness and inequality of this posse controlling the PPP. They know that neither Hoyte nor Cheddi Jagan would ever have allowed this kind of wealth to concentrate in the hands of a few friends, family, soup drinkers and cronies who are handpicked by the PPP top dogs to be part of the elite.
These men did not believe that a select few should get all while the rest get none.
M. Maxwell
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