This kind of political witch hunting has no place in modern democratic societies

Nov 13, 2009 Letters

Dear Editor,
If there was any doubt in the minds of Guyanese of the PPP/C government’s mission to render unions impotent, that doubt has clearly been erased with the recent attack on the Guyana Public Service Union (GPSU).
According to press reports the Ministry of Public Works, in a most high handed fashion, descended with armed ranks of the Guyana Police Force on the GPSU sports complex situated at Thomas Lands, Georgetown. The government claims that the land which was given to the union more than 40 years ago, by the Burnham administration, is no longer a property of the union since it was only leased for a period, and that period, according to them, ended in 2008 and as such they argue, that the land is reverted to being the property of Guyana Lands and Survey Commission.
The President of the Union, Mr. Patrick Yard, produced evidence to prove otherwise.
It is clear that the administration is committed to undoing every act of the PNC government, be it right or wrong, and so the question of institutional memory, local history, learnt customs; values and national legacy are under serious threat. Discriminatory and savage acts like these will not only, serve to remind us of how retarded the administration thinks, but also underlines the state of lawlessness that exist in the nation.
This kind of political witch hunting has no place in modern democratic societies, and lacks any form of justification. One would believe that at a time when the nation is once under siege by crime, torture and rampant executive lawlessness the President and his Cabinet would be striving desperately to deal with these issues, in order that Guyanese safety and security be assured.
But instead the government continues to perpetrate state actions which underscore the callousness of the regime, and redefine its vindictive intentions.
I urge all Guyanese to rally behind the GPSU to ensure that their land is not unlawfully and unconscionably repossessed by this government who might have a ready buyer for this plot.
They have continued to starve the Critichlow Labour College of much needed funds for its effective operation, now they are pulling the land from under the workers feet, how much more repressive can this government get?
This state of lawlessness must stop to be quiet is to condone all these PPP/C actrocities!
Lurlene Nestor

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