Unless you’re a bona fide member of the PNCR, Corbin has no interest in your welfare

Jan 14, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
At last the Leader of the PNCR has finally plucked up the courage to respond to one of my letters using his real name, for despite his claim that he’s not in the habit of responding to letters to the Editor, not so long ago he was suspected to be writing under the name of another PNCR activist, the late doctor’s wife from Best, who now lives in Canada.
Corbin is obviously upset that I supported President Jagdeo’s call for him to identify his ‘colleagues’ that he claimed Jagdeo sought legal opinions from to remain in office; and this time, he feels the need to put a stop to my criticism of his politics. In his letter, “Is Harry Gill fish or fowl?” (KN Jan 12), he expressed views he cleverly hid from the Guyanese people for many years, thereby showing his true colours.
It is true that I have been openly supportive of the candidacy of Winston Murray as the PNCR Presidential Candidate, and I’m proud to have done that; but Murray’s untimely death, removed a major obstacle to Corbin’s leadership and influence within his party.
As he described me in his letter, “Indeed, he arose out of nowhere to champion the band of advocates for a particular PNCR Presidential Candidate….. He then shifted his advocacy after his alleged, preferred candidate could no longer undertake the task.”
Mr. Editor, one can almost hear the contempt in this man for Winston Murray; a great patriot and loyal PNCR supporter for over 30 years; a leader who may have been alive today had he not suffered all the stress from running against the PNCR establishment. Corbin could not even mention his name.
I met Robert Corbin once at the funeral of my nephew who was brutally murdered and robbed over five years ago. My best friend of over 30 years is a prominent member of the PNCR, and although never a member, I’ve always been supportive of the Party.
However, when the ‘gutter politics’ of Robert Corbin, calling for evidence of Jagdeo’s alleged marriage to the former First Lady causes me to feel embarrassed as a Guyanese, is he surprised that I have no confidence in his leadership? Has the Leader of the Opposition no respect for protocol?
As a lawyer, Robert Corbin should have known better than to respond to a critic in the courts of public opinion when he’s angry. Prosecutors do this all the time with a defendant on the witness stand; get them to lose their temper, and you may eventually get the truth out of them.
Later in his letter, Corbin really shoots himself in the foot with this statement that truly defines the man’s character, “So if he feels that my credibility has suffered then that is only what he thinks, but, fortunately, his view is not shared by the majority of bona fide members of the PNCR. They are the people whom I serve.”
Is that so Mr. Corbin? This is the type of reckless statement that will make it very difficult for a PNCR candidate to secure victory at the polls as long as Corbin remains Leader. For as the old people would say, “Mouth open, story jump out.” People of Guyana, you’ve heard it directly from the horse’s mouth: Unless you’re a bona fide member of the PNCR, Corbin has no interest in your welfare.
The PNCR Presidential Candidates must demand that Corbin retracts this statement and apologize to the vast amount of Guyanese who are not members of the PNCR, but who they are dependent upon to occupy State House later this year.
This, unfortunately has long been the philosophy of our leaders, and defies our motto: One People, One Nation, One Destiny.
The Stabroek News also carried Corbin’s letter with the caption, “Political objective was to serve notice to Jagdeo and PPP that PNCR was aware of their plans”. This prompted the following response from a blogger named Neilsen, “Let Corbin keep deluding himself that he can use other people’s paws to pull nuts out of the fire for him to consume. If you have credibility, any at all, face the electorate!”
Robert Corbin should know that I am not a kool-aid drinker; and I will give critical support to the PPP/C Administration when they deserve it, in the same way I would be critical of the opposition when it’s merited. I am neither fish nor fowl; but would like to think of myself as a Truth Detector: A patriotic Guyanese who has decided to join the ranks of a few with the seemingly impossible task of keeping Guyanese politicians honest… Corbin included.
Harry Gill

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