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Oct 21, 2014 Letters
DEAR EDITOR,
Once again my anger level has reached boiling, or better put, overflowing point, at the continued senseless carnage of innocent citizens by monsters in the shape of humans. What is even more frustrating is that the most recent slaughter, that of Abdool Aziz, the 23-year-old, electrical engineer and U.G graduate, was perpetrated by gunmen on bicycles.
Cognizance should be taken of their mode of transportation, which certainly gives insight into their level of professionalism, or would that be their level of audacity, given the fact that the Prashad Nagar outpost is situated just two corners away from the alleged crime scene. One is left to ask how brave can you get, especially since their guns did not possess silencers, as evidenced that the neighbours heard the gunshots, even mistaking them for fireworks. Just a word to the wise, but most Guyanese have openly voiced their fear of returning home even for the briefest of stays, due to the rising crime rate that the Government, Police Authorities and other agencies are failing miserably to put under control. Plainly put, they would rather stay where they are and take their chances with Ebola.
Once upon a time during my youthful years in Guyana there were bicycles that seemed to invite you to go for a ride, not a crime spree. Bicycles such as the Humber, Hercules, Raleigh, Robin Hood and Rudge brands of bicycles to name a few, all of which were considered the crème de la crème, and which boasted not only of endurance but speed. At the time they had few enough gears for the correct one to be easily chosen (3, 4 or 5), but yet there were enough to make the bicycle easy to ride.
Given the increasing number of killings and crimes, especially robberies wherein the perpetrators have used bicycles as their means of getaway , am I safe in assuming that the horsepower produced by these vehicles is similar to that of the modern day automobile? Please correct me if my assumption is incorrect.
The time has come, in fact it already came, passed and went, (I am requesting a recall) for all those concerned, especially the Police and the law, to apply punitive measures as have never been seen or heard of before in Guyana, that would serve as a strong deterrent to present perpetrators and likely intendees.
On a side note, there are many in Guyana who have shared with me their growing discontent at the judicial system, and how justice is dispensed. Frankly put, they have lost all figment and fragment of faith in those who are supposed to serve and protect them, and those who are responsible for punishing citizens who run afoul of the law. My fellow natives should be extricated from this hapless and seemingly helpless condition existing in Guyana. One of their basic human rights, that of the right to life, is being threatened, violated and even denied every nanosecond in Guyana. The right to freedom is also at risk, even walking the streets is somehow denied, as the crafters, perpetrators of these criminal activities continue riding merrily along their paths, leaving corpses in their wake.
The current crime situation in Guyana calls for immediate action, (not talk or walk), just plain action. Every bicycle rider or intended perpetrator should know that he may be taking his final ride to the next crime. They may ride, but will be totally unable to hide, for although their bikes may take them far, it never will outrun the car. They will be caught and punished as they ought Sound the cry—HANG THEM HIGH.
Yvonne Sam
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