Latest update May 31st, 2026 12:46 AM
Latest News
- Turkish power company holds Guyana at ransom for more $$$ as contract expires
- Exxon commences 3-month offshore inspection of Gas-to-Energy pipeline
- Widespread floods prompt Cabinet fanout amidst claims of dysfunctional pump stations
- Iran demands US$300B reconstruction fund
- Arudranauth Gossai elected new Bar Association president
It’s time not only to rail against the monster in the room but also the enemy within
Dear Editor,
I intended to take a sabbatical from your letter pages for reasons which have nothing to do with the effectiveness and efficiency of your newspapers reporting (SN and Kaieteur News).
I felt and still feel that your newspapers have managed to reliably bring to the Guyanese public and those in the Diaspora, critical information on which a nation and people can take advantage of and act to correct the wrongs which continuously plague our society.
The brutal slaying of young Kelvin Fraser and the associated aftermath of activities and non activities compelled me to revisit my keyboard. I do not intend to reproduce a lengthy missive here. I wish to say to Mark Benschop, Freddie Kissoon and Lincoln Lewis, that the time has come not only to rail against the monster in the room (racism), but also the enemy within (lethargic and incompetent opposition leaders).
We cannot take the fight to a banal government whose agenda has been clear for the past 18 years or more; a government which have succeeded in fulfilling its agenda to empower one over the other, with no regards to consistent fighters like yourselves exposing and being active and risking your freedom and lives in representation to stop the injustices which have become a norm in Guyana.
Yours will be a struggle that will take shape only when you redouble your efforts to bring Robert Corbin, Raphael Trotman and Mr Ramjattan before the public courts accountability.
Yes, we have a manifestly racist government with an incompetent president. Equally, we have a weak opposition with grand standing ideas and ideals that do nothing, absolutely nothing to effectively arrest the immediate social catastrophe that strangles African Guyanese. Yes, I said African Guyanese. I have no time hereafter to appease the farce of racial unity express in words sounding only good in speech and on paper. The murder of young Kelvin Fraser will forever change my outlook on the landscape of political activism. Not because of the bullet from a murderous and callous police rank, gun. It is the aftermath of stifling the voices crying for justice, by the government and its armed legal murders known as the Guyana Police Force.
The hypocrisy will also be ushered in when some opposition leaders offer the family of that slain youth to provide legal representation against the government and police. The three opposition leaders I referred to above must resign their legal posts temporarily and commit their energies to political activism in these critical and challenging times. We must force them to do so forthwith.
The newspaper must not be allowed to be the new opposition. Corbin, Trotman and Ramjattan must be called upon to prove their mettle or leave the leadership of their political parties and practise their profession as lawyers; increasingly I believe that is where they belong.
Will there be justice for Kelvin Fraser. Do not ask the government. Tell the opposition. I await their answers in political activism.
Norman Browne
Share this:
Discover more from Kaieteur News
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.