Claim of superiority exposes President’s feelings of inferiority – AFC

Jul 12, 2009 News

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The Alliance For Change in a statement yesterday to the media, noted what it called President Bharrat Jagdeo’s expressed fears of superiority that has led him to adopt the position of saving the nation from the embarrassment of witnessing a one-sided debate between himself and leader of the AFC, Raphael Trotman, on the question of the infiltration of narcotic money into the political system.
The party using an online reference, Wikipedia’s, said that its definition of superiority complex was “a subconscious neurotic mechanism of compensation developed by the individual as a result of feelings of inferiority.The feelings of inferiority in this specific complex are often brought on by real or perceived social rejection.”
The party’s statement emphasised that it did not wish to enter any vanity competition with the president where the qualifications or lack thereof are paraded before the nation in a debasing beauty contest for pretentious intellectuals.

“The AFC believes that lessons learnt from the Emperor’s new clothes may be useful for the nation as it seeks to find a way forward in the present environment. Trotman, who holds post graduate qualifications, does not wish to enter into distracting posturing where the categorisation of the debaters assumes greater prominence or importance than the quality of the debate and the revelations which might ensue from such a debate.”
It added that the party believed that the nation deserves better from all its leaders, whether aspiring or entrenched.
“The AFC is keenly aware that the president sits as first among equals in his suitably qualified Cabinet and looks forward to his reconsideration of the invitation to debate the issue of the infiltration of narcotic money in the political system in Guyana and may wish to consider inviting Judge Dora L Irizarry of Brooklyn, New York, to chair the proceedings. The nation looks forward to seeing His Excellency at City Hall on Thursday July 16 at 17:00hrs.”
Jagdeo, through a press statement, on Friday, through the Office of the President’s Press Officer, Kwame Mc Coy, said that “President Bharrat Jagdeo does not debate with political aspirants, such as those residing in the Alliance For Change, especially since they do not command widespread support among the Guyanese public.”

He had also stated that President Jagdeo is only inclined to debate with his equals.
“The President would hope that the AFC come clean on the matters he (Jagdeo) publicly raised, implicating the leadership of that party in shading dealings.”
Trotman was hoping for a debate where, he said, the facts and evidence could be presented before the public by both the President and the AFC leader.
The AFC leader, in the party press briefing, expressed his disappointment that the nation’s Head of State has nothing better to do than “to blatantly accuse the AFC of baseless statements, while failing to disclose to the nation the massive Government corruption as evident by the numerous Auditor General and International reports.”
The President continues to try to link the term “drug money” to the AFC, when all in the local and the international communities are aware of this false accusation, Trotman said.
“The President needs to clean his own house before throwing stones at others. The Roger Khan saga has seen his Government and Ministers named as part of the drug system, while no major drug lord has been prosecuted in Guyana.”
According to Trotman, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Police Commissioner have said that they will wait until the US shares information before starting any investigation on the drug convicts that have confessed.

“These same individuals operated for many years in Guyana prior to their arrest by US authorities, and were seen in the presence of the Head of State and other senior officials. The President must come clean on what he knows about those drug lords and his Government’s involvement.”
He noted that the President, up to now, has failed to answer queries about the hundreds of citizens that were killed by ‘phantom gangs’ and for the many who have been tortured by ranks of the Joint forces.
He added that the National Drug Policy has been shelved and no implementation plans are evident.
“Why is this so? What does the Government have to hide?” Trotman added that the President has now taken his remarks to a personal level against the Leader of the AFC and the party’s Chairman Ramjattan. “These are libelous remarks that will be addressed in a court of law.”
It was pointed out that Jagdeo needs to put his Government in order or face corruption charges.
“He demonstrates on a daily basis why he is not fit to run our nation. If he would spend as much energy as he is expending on the AFC, we may see marked improvements in Guyana.”

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