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Oct 15, 2019 Letters
I would like to express my utter disgust at the treatment of ordinary citizens of this country by the current administration. This is not about PPP nor APNU. It is about how a government and the President issuing instructions to the Guyana Police Force to intimidate and harass ordinary citizens. Simply put, why is a former high ranking military man, now Commander-in-Chief and President scared of a handful of ordinary citizens expressing their views rightfully so against an illegitimate government.
I speak specifically of the incident that occurred on October 13, 2019, at Cornelia Ida, WCD where the President was invited to the annual graduation of the Saraswati Vidya Niketan Secondary School (Swami School). It is my strong belief, that the Principal and Management of the School made a poor choice in inviting the President considering the current status of the government. It is an insult to the students, parents and the community as a whole. I do hope the many local and especially overseas donors who contributed millions of dollars into the school to where it is today take note.
Permit me to put the issues at hand in perspective, a few months back the Principal of the School requested from students donations to support the children of sugar cane workers, especially those in Berbice who lost their jobs due to the closure of several sugar estates under the instructions of this very President. If this is not an insult to the students of the SVN School and to the children of the sugar workers and people of this country then I really don’t know what is.
However, we are all human and at the end of the day, we all have a price on our own morals and beliefs whether we choose to acknowledge it or not, it is a fact. Further, I wish to highlight that this President literally bought his invitation to this graduation by donating a million-dollar of taxpayers’ monies as if it were from his personal funds. In so doing, he hopes to come across as a President of ALL the people of Guyana. When in fact, it is all a sham and choose to classify a segment of the Guyanese population who are vocal for their rights as “HOOLIGANS”.
Mr. Editor, it is no exaggeration, there were more than 150 Policemen and women from 9 am to 9 pm, excluding the large security detail of the President protecting him from a handful of elderly men and women armed with pieces of cardboard. If the Police are aggressive in discharging their duties as they were against these few persons protesting surely crime would have been on a down low. But in this government, criminals are being pardoned and ordinary citizens are being harassed,
I am more hurt than angry at the treatment of peaceful ordinary citizens particularly by this government, which is bent on disregarding our constitution and laws.
Sincerely,
G. Singh
Please share this to every Guyanese including your house cats.
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