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The Opposition’s horrendous crime against humanity

Aug 22, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
Racism is one of the most upsetting problems that may exist within a society, which brings back mishaps of the past, many times degrading the future.
Many times, the opposition accuses the Government of discriminating against Afro-Guyanese, but the truth is, the opposition themselves are discriminating against their own people by subordinating them, and slapping them in the face with lies that this Government will never allow them to achieve self-development.
I want to say that this Government is the only Government that has tried to improve race relations in Guyana and has taken steps to set up the Ethnic Relations Commission (ERC) to deal with race related matters.
Instead of the opposition working along with their people to help free their minds of the past and improve themselves, they prefer to brainwash them into thinking that they are stuck in the past.
Everyone must know that the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Government is no longer supported by mainly East Indians, but now consists of a broad cross-section of other ethnic groups.
Today, the opposition sees this as a threat to maintain supporters for their party, and so retreat to the old race card game to win support.
They continue to say that blacks are marginalised and are denied jobs, but the reality is not so, they also say that those Afro-Guyanese that are employed under the PPP are mere tokens, but we need to ask the question whether those persons see themselves as ‘mere tokens’ or rather as qualified persons who fit the job description.
They also claim that this Government discriminates against blacks with regard to employment; if this is true, then all cases of discrimination in the workplace should be reported so that the matter can be addressed, since such acts are clearly wrong.
It is sad that we have such a nasty opposition, who deliberately try to fracture their own people, and what is even more depressing, is that the people themselves often fall prey for their brainwashing tactics. It is time the people of Guyana start thinking for themselves and take note of all the economic achievements Guyana has accomplished thus far.
Our history reports the truth and shows the economic and developmental progress Guyana has made and is still making so far.
We must watch out for those few pen pushers, who deliberately try to distort the history of Guyana to suit their purposes and weird hallucinations, since these people can be deemed as ‘mad’ and probably dangerous too, if they should succeed into brainwashing those who do not know.
The opposition is so nasty that they play up racism because of their selfishness and hatred for the Government. The present supporters of the opposition need to know that the nasty truth about their leaders.
This Government regardless of the many challenges they may face, has never used race in their political campaigns to gain support, and it is only the opposition that is guilty of this behaviour.
I have also noticed another attempt to spark fire in the society by the opposition by using the Simel’s case; some media houses and the opposition are presenting the information gutted out by those being questioned in the Simel’s trial as if the court has ruled and everyone is proven guilty.
The people of Guyana must understand that a verdict has not been ruled, and that questioning is being executed for data collection. We must not jump to conclusions until the court has ruled a verdict, and until then everyone is considered ‘not guilty’.
Guyanese need to apprise themselves of the facts so as to limit the chances of falling prey to the brainwashing culprits; and the opposition and those mischief-makers of media houses need to understand that racism holds a society back and hampers social evolution and development, and such acts should be considered a horrendous crime against humanity.
Elizabeth Daly

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