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Persaud, Hergask and Da Silva have ignored three key assertions
Dear Editor,
The truth hurts. My recent letter, “It’s a moral imperative that these two imbalances be addressed”, published in Kaieteur News of Sunday, September 13/2009, have brought out some of the main defenders of executive lawlessness, constitutional illegalities and extrajudicial murders out of their hiding places.
First John Da Silva, perhaps representing the Private Sector who place profit and privilege over principle and criminality, states “Afro-Guyanese have done very well under the PPP/Civic government, so much so, that they are noticeably now more subject to robberies than before, and losses are tallied in millions, plus if they suffer from a fire, their belongings are valued at millions, in addition to the more positive indicators, such as lifestyles and apparently more disposable income”.
John, Guyana is a bastion of idiocy and illiteracy. Your words prove this. John Da Silva then continues his proof of “unintelligent design” (many of his letters argue against the existence of God) by stating:-
“President Jagdeo has said that he is not interested in a third term, which he can easily win by a landslide. He himself signed into law the limit of two terms. It was a clear understanding between the PPP and the Civic that the Office of Prime Minister will always go to the Civic and the Presidency to the party”.
John, the truth of the matter is that President Jagdeo cannot run for a third term. I doubt President Obama and the United States Senate will allow this given the information gathered in the Roger Khan plea bargain.
Finally, The Sam Hinds situation shows the calculated disdain the PPP has for the Constitution of Guyana (an African will not rule Indians in Guyana even if it is the legal right of that person). There goes the myth the PPP is a multi-racial Party. If this were so, Sam Hinds would have been the President of Guyana. Is he less qualified than Janet Jagan or Bharrat Jagdeo?
Joining John Da Silva in the justification of unjust behaviour is the well known Harry Hergash. Harry, in a 15 September SN letter entitled “Timing is important” states “Mr. Phillips seems to have missed the story that Africans in the PNC did not elect Mr. Murray recently as the leader of that party, although Mr. Murray is seen as an outstanding party member with all the requisite qualities to be leader”.
I am really starting to worry about Harry’s understanding of facts.
Harry, Mr. Murray received over 200 mainly African votes at the last PNC elections. He lost the elections because he did not campaign in villages and in the main cities of Guyana even though he well knew Robert Corbin wasn’t going to give him anything on a platter. As to leadership qualities, there are far many better leaders than Janet Jagan or Bharrat Jagdeo, but they too were not elected or selected.
Finally, Dr. Randy Persaud writes “Guyanese are still delighted that Jimmy Carter ‘interfered’ in Guyana to end authoritarian rule”.
His next logical statement should have been, “Guyanese should show delight when President Obama “interferes” to end “murderous unconstitutional and dictatorial rule in Guyana”.
Strangely, Randy Persaud, Harry Hergask and John Da Silva have not commented on the three key assertions, in my letter, namely one:
“Evil doesn’t last forever and as Martin Luther King said: “He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it”.
When a government can purposefully ignore its Constitution, the same constitution that empowers it through an election and gives it legitimacy, then that government has no right to rule anymore. When a government can kill its citizens with impunity it has become a ‘pariah’ state”
Second, “The sad reality is that the vast majority of PPP supporters will not allow themselves to vote for any other Party.
Third, “The many daily human rights abuses in Guyana by this Government indicate that people are living in a “modern day electoral slavery”. Roger Khan is a hero. President Jagdeo is a hero. He is now being touted for a third (constitutionally illegal) term even though he should be impeached for seven different reasons.
Guys and gals, your slips are showing. Remember Ecclesiastes 3:1, there is a time for everything.
Eric Phillips
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