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President Jagdeo’s Government does not condone torture
Dear Editor,
Amidst the current praises being showered on the life and times of Stabroek News’s Editor-in-Chief, the late David De Caires, it is almost distasteful that Sunday Stabroek’s Editorial of November 9, 2008 would, out of force of habit, again incorrectly interpret the President’s remarks on a sensitive issue as “torture”.
According to the Editorial, President Jagdeo opined that Guyana needs to understand the contextual nature of the torture allegations, implying that this President is applying ‘context’ to justify ‘torture’.
The Editorial then merrily rambled on to say that no ‘context’ can engender justification of state agents torturing any person. This is a total misrepresentation of the President and his Government’s position on ‘torture’.
At the State House briefing on November 1, 2008, the President clearly stated that the Government of Guyana does not condone any torture; and any excesses of torture would be subject to comprehensive investigations, as attested to by recent investigations, and where, from those investigations, some officers received indictments.
The President’s use of the term ‘context’ is meant to provide a holistic understanding of the situation, but certainly not intended to justify any allegation of torture.
And so, Sunday Stabroek would need to be ‘sensitive’ in its Editorial when editorializing about ‘sensitive’ issues, as the late David De Caires would caution.
Prem Misir
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