There was nothing Christian-like here

Sep 21, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
Bishop Juan Edghill has told Guyanese that he is fully in support of President Jagdeo’s party to thank Mr. Jagdeo, himself, because he is being guided by biblical principles. According to Edghill, he is acting on behalf or the Christian Community in Guyana, in being a part of the organizing committee of this Jagdeo fete.
Let me make it categorically clear, that Mr. Edghill’s remarks cannot be taken seriously but at the same time cannot be treated lightly, as his actions would be sending the wrong signals about the entire Christian community in Guyana.
Firstly, Edghill is saying to Guyana and the world that Christians in Guyana would celebrate an immoral and corrupt leader; a leader who has presided over a vicious death squad that have slain more than 400 of the nation’s youth.
Edghill is saying that Christians will celebrate a leader who has attempted to denigrate the sanctity of marriage by treating it with unquestionable disdain. A president who lied to a nation for almost nine years about him being legally married, when in fact he was not, is a deed no Christian can celebrate.
What the president had done was to trivialize this biblically sanctioned union. Bishop Edghill should be ashamed to be associated with this sort of leader, who has not only attempted to denigrated marriage but is accused by his spouse of serious mental, physical and spiritual abuse.
No Christian can celebrate such moral, mental and spiritual assault and injustice perpetuated by one human being against another.
Quoting scriptures to defend your action, Mr. Edghill, is one of the regular ‘sweep overs’ the usual crooks will try, so I want to tell you that it will not work because people are not that naive.
Further, assuming that Jagdeo had indeed done all the right things to propel Guyana forward, does Mr. Edghill believe that Guyanese should allow the President to throw a party to thank himself, with taxpayers’ money?
Certainly not, the job of the President is to lead the nation in a solid economic direction, provide for the safety and security of the nation among other national prerequisites and goals. None of these Mr. Jagdeo can boast of. One only has to take a look at what is going on.
Only a self-centered, self-serving, egotistically driven being will indulge in the kind of vulgarity planned by Jagdeo, Edghill, and company.
At a time when children cannot find a meal before they go to school, when schools are in total disrepair, when people’s lives are under threat, when violence and criminal parade the land, when drug cartels occupy every corner in the cities, when Guyanese struggle to cope with the VAT burden, when mothers are still grieving their slain and kidnapped sons, the President and his friends are throwing a ‘bashment’ to celebrate the president’s 11 years presiding over corruption.
Will the Christians, Bishop Edgill, ignore the plight of the unfortunate and the sufferings of the people to throw a party for the president, who has in more than one way contributed to the plight of these people?
I think not Bishop. This kind of stance would more aptly describe those akin to a crony type of establishment. I therefore, believe that your action speaks more to cronyism rather than Christianity.
And let me remind you, Bishop, that we all can find a scripture in the Bible to twist to suit our narrow means and objectives but the God Lord will have the final say.
While I cannot speak for all Christians I can speak for myself and family, to say that we are Christians who were totally against the ‘Jagdeo fete’ and Bishop Juan Edghill cannot speak for us on this matter.
Lurlene Nestor

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