The PPP Government has been put into play

Jul 19, 2011 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
One of the most effective methods used by British and American intelligence to bring terrorist and criminals to justice is to” put them into play”. Under heavy surveillance and other covert measures, the criminals are allowed to plot and plan acts of destruction to the point of executing them, before they are arrested and brought to trial. The mountain of evidence is put before the nation and the law takes its course.
The People’s Progressive Party (PPP) as a government has been put into play by the opposition. I watch as the opposition parties, (excluding the Alliance For Change) work in a dignified manner to put the interest of Guyana first. I watch the presidential candidate of APNU, David Granger, doing what is required to see change. There is dignity, maturity and an unmeasured moral approach like never seen before in the electoral preparation by that opposition political movement.
I am forced to reassess in my independent outlook, for the wider picture must be seen.
Calls are being made to arrest the excesses of the government through massive street protests. I say no! Not before we go to the polls. We have reached the juncture where it is clear who the culprits are and who has lost the moral right to govern ever again. We are not lacking the mountain of evidence of the destructive excesses of the present government. Before the eyes of this nation and all of its people, the government has been weighed in the balance and found wanting. It is there hope to see confusion. They are however, greeted with a dignified silence. They have officially been put into play.
The people of Guyana will be most hypocritical not to see the point where we have arrived. We have been fully apprised through the independent media.
There has been no stifling of information. We cannot pretend not to know. We watch the courage of Lincoln Lewis in constantly speaking out, without fear or favour.
We listen to Benschop Radio as he tirelessly exposes the wrongs of this government. Real people on his programmes highlighting real issues. Dennis Chabrol’s Demerara Waves brings us information as it happens. Haven’t we glued our eyes to the Freddie Kissoon column, as his fingertips are reddened from bringing the sickening revelations of the abuse of power happening daily in Guyana? What else do we need to hear or do before we go to the ballots?
This is an election of choice not pressure. We will not look through the haze of massive street demonstrations and violent uprisings. There will be no playing into the fears of Indians or accusations that Africans want to ‘Bruck Up’ the country.
There will be peace and stability; moments of quiet reflection in the silence that surrounds us. For the only wrestling sounds will be found in our individual consciences. The vote will reflect our hypocrisy, expose our racist tendency or measure our collective effort to save our country.
2O12 must be a new dispensation. The truth of who we are as a people will be laid bare. Hypocritical posturing and the pretext of we are just Guyanese, regardless of ethnicity, will hold no credence. No blame will be put at the doorsteps of any opposition party. The choice of right over wrong will be the guiding principle. We have opted to choose the ballot over the bullet.
I implore everyone of us to use the ballot to see change. Thereafter, the blame can only be ours and not our parliamentary representatives and opposition parties. The PPP have been put into play and quiet surveillance has gathered the intelligence needed. Justice must be brought through the collective vote.
Norman Browne

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