Deconstructing Christopher Ram

Jun 13, 2025 Letters

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Dear Editor,

Kaieteur News – A letter to the Editor published in the name of Christopher Ram requires a response principally because it is much more than superficial rantings being flung in a preposterous manner to the Office of the President.

Looked at from another angle, the contents of Ram’s letter should serve to open the eyes of those still slumbering away in a hypnotic chant wherein the Office of the President is demonized instead of being respected.

With elections season upon us, the barbs are now being shared amongst PPP haters and Opposition elements. This is natural and to be expected at this time. My point is the barbs should not be brushed aside.

What Mr. Ram conveniently ignored in his letter were the election promises made by the PPP/C, in its 2020 manifesto, having been kept by dint of hard work and collaboration between government, the private sector and the international donor community. A vision based on development, cooperation and peace were the underpinnings of its manifesto.

In his letter, Ram chose to recite a slew of grouses with the aim of negativizing the transformative efforts of the Irfaan Ali administration between 2020-2025.

From the thrust of his letter, Ram chose to go the George Soros way; “To bring down a country ‘from within’ without firing a shot in the darkness.”

To accomplish his notorious objective, Ram knows he cannot do it alone, thus, he has picked a side; the contents of his letter clearly put him squarely in the ranks of those who engage in the twisted urgings that; ‘Ali ought not to be re-elected.’

To justify his call for what is tantamount to an anti-Ali campaign, Ram lists several repackaged and recycled matters anyone can read about on a daily basis in mainstream media. He totally ignored the fact that every one of his regurgitations have been dealt with over and over again either by the PPP’s General Secretary or the President himself.

It’s either Ram opted not to listen to nor to read what Jagdeo or Ali said when questioned about those issues.
The General Secretary’s and the President’s responses are usually reported as headline news, in newspaper editorials or in letters to the editor; apparently, they were not to the satisfaction of Mr. Ram, as a consequence, he chose to drool over the issues he chose to write about as if stirring a pot filled with loathsome ingredients.

As far as Ram is concerned, the only way to ‘save Guyana’ is to ‘extricate ourselves’ from the PPP/C administration and to wean the country off the 2016 oil agreement. A public debate on the latter, plus Ram’s weekly column on the vagaries of the oil sector is either insufficient or has not gained traction, thus the need for him to keep at it.
In essence, what we got in Ram’s letter was repetitive whining meant mainly for electoral agitation and propaganda purposes.

Mr. Ram completely ignored the fact that Guyana is a perfect example of economic growth, not destruction as he claims. Inflation remains subdued at 2.9 percent, while poverty was reported to have declined significantly from where it was in 2006 to where it is today due to increased social transfers (World Bank). Moreover, debt will and continue to be within affordable and manageable proportions.

Ram wants us to believe his ‘facts’ and that he is telling us the truth, but if we agree that practice is the criterion of truth no matter how brutal and fiendish his claims may be, a legacy can only be built on truth. Thus, when self-esteem is crushed, those of us who hold ‘truths to be self-evident’, in the end, acclamation instead of condemnation will prevail.

Guyana is an exemplar of good not perfect governance, and it certainly does not exude a pariah image internationally. The country certainly has marshaled allies in its long and arduous battle and diplomatic reach to keep Mother Guyana safe from territorial predators.

The quest of Mr. Ram to not re-elect the PPP/C, is built not on the ‘joy that cometh in the morning’ but on distress. And even under those conditions, I ask Christopher Ram to bear in mind Tom Paine’s; ‘The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection…’

Our democracy embraces inclusiveness, the hopes and aspiration for all Guyanese. We should hold fervently to the belief that Guyana like a rising tide will lift all boats, not only one.

In this election season, as the attacks multiply, as the winds of opposition despair and clouds of hopelessness about a free and fair elections drift by, and doubts of a bright future gather, let us be ‘firmus in unda’ (firm amid the waves).

Yours faithfully,

Clement J. Rohee

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• Christopher Ram, Clement J. Rohee, Newspaper letter, PPP haters, PPPC

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