It’s indeed a travesty, laws in Guyana are made to be broken

Jul 04, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
Guyana is a place where anything goes, as laws that were set up to ensure the smooth and orderly management of society are flagrantly disregarded. Take for example the laws governing the littering of the environment. There are laws on the statute books that speak out against such misdemeanors, but when you look at our environs, especially Georgetown, you wonder if there was any such law.
Another case in point is the noise nuisance. This problem is so pervasive that one would be led to believe that there is nothing by way of a law stipulating deafening sounds. Seeing I am on this topic, I make mention of the Friday night ‘sea wall lime,’ where gross violations of the preceding laws can be seen. The music is deafening and the garbage that is left after the revellers are through tells the sordid story. No thought or consideration is ever given of students studying for exams, or the sick or elderly in our midst, as the lawlessness goes on into the wee hours of the morning.
Speeding, loud and vulgar music on public transportation, drunk driving and not to be forgotten, tinted windows. Wasn’t there a campaign enforcing the laws governing these sometime ago? All went well for sometime, when a number of violators were rounded up and charged but all of this was short-lived, as one can see vehicles with the windows so heavily tinted pitch black as midnight. The music on our minibuses is louder now and the lyrics more vulgar and to think of it you cannot say a word of disgust on these transits without being told all the ‘cuss words’ in the book sometimes under the very noses of the traffic cops.
I am often pickled with ‘cuss words’ whenever I visit my homeland and believe me that adds up to a lot of cussing because it seems like all the buses around Georgetown are fitted with these ‘boom-boom’ boxes.
I would not even comment on speeding, drunk driving or possession of illegal firearm as from all appearances these are not considered criminal acts anymore since in recent times those found guilty are given a “slap on the wrist” —that is, if the matter ever reaches the prosecutorial stage.
These are just a few of the many violations that plague Guyanese daily. The disheartening thing is for all the problems mentioned earlier there are well established laws but sadly they are not enforced and no one seems to care. The fact of the matter is Guyana is one big lawless country.
Neil Adams

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