Our nation is once again at political crossroads

Aug 02, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Government of Guyana is in a mid-term (not mid-life) crisis at the moment with the fact that Local Government Elections wouldn’t be held till sometime next year, the Ministry of Health fire, and the Robert Simels trial in New York which is adding fuel to the fire and making the government and a senior minister look very incredible.
The opposition parties especially the PNCR is loving this and using every opportunity to play the blame game. The AFC has joined the band. It doesn’t look too good though for a government that preaches transparency every single day. The media in Guyana now has an important job in covering these events and issues in a non-biased way which would give the citizens accurate information.
Television evening newscasts can either fan the flames or employ selective reporting or report based on the facts to a population hungry for information. The newspapers, too, have a responsibility to do the right thing.

The government needs to stop denying certain things and fess up if it requires such. Corruption continues to exist within the Government of Guyana today on a large-scale basis.
Most of this goes unseen and unheard by the population. As soon as it is raised by the media, legal suits are filed to protect the government’s interest.
The PNC must not forget what they did while in office. They did it bare-faced towards Guyanese. The PPP is dictating psychologically and behind the scenes. Well, not so behind the scenes anymore, as the information is spewing from the New York courtroom daily. The population must decide. The facts are bound to come out.

When a minister of the government is being fingered by a criminal entity, and a former dispenser of justice in the courts of our land is being arrested on suspicion of being involved with burning down the Ministry of Health, a volcano is brewing in Guyana. Our nation is once again at political crossroads.
With all the information being divulged daily in the press, I wonder what sections of the population are accessing such information.
I further wonder if certain sections of the population are extracting and comprehending the information in an accurate manner, because these same people would flock the street corners and bottom houses when the political leaders show up in their communities to hold community meetings and signing of contracts.
These same persons would praise the government when they visit their communities and put ‘malas’ around their necks.
When all is said and done though, as someone put forward to me the other day, only the PPP can run this country — no other party.
They are, like it or not, the best of the worst; the lesser of two evils. And we Guyanese, like it or not, must accept and live with that reality.
Leon J. Suseran

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