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Something strange happened in Guyana
Dear Editor,
I was visiting a very nice hotel and restaurant in Guyana when I witnessed on several occasions something strange happening. I saw numerous Members of Parliament (MP) come to eat at the hotel. The meal of the day was duck curry, dhal and rice.
Then it occurred to me that these MPs could afford to eat delicacies like duck, while the poor Guyanese can’t even afford to put meat on their plate. How can these MPs truly represent their constituents when they are living the affluent life?
Can the MPs relate to their constituency who cannot afford to buy food for their children? Can the MPs feel compassion for those poor constituencies they represent? This incidence reminds me of the days of slavery. The slave owner lived the affluent life, eating the finest food, while the slave struggled to get food to eat. Is there some form of slavery happening in Guyana today? What I saw sure look similar to what I read about slavery in the past.
Today, the MPs are the slave owners, while the poor and disadvantaged are the slaves. Just as the MPs are able to eat the duck paid for by the poor and disadvantaged tax payers, the slave owners were able to eat the finest food paid for by the free labour of the slave.
One day I decided to go down to see what happens during parliament. I was shocked with what I saw MPs doing. They were heckling each speaker regardless of party. They were cracking jokes about each presenter. For example, when Moses Nagamootoo was presenting on the floor, one of the MPs asked him loudly, “Moses, do you want a half bottle of rum?”
I was disgusted with the MP’s behavior. They were acting like children. They were playing and joking while people in Guyana are suffering, struggling to get food and women are being physically and emotionally abused every day.
While the MPs are cracking jokes in parliament, there is nothing funny about women in Guyana being killed by their lovers. There is nothing funny about women who can’t feed their children. There is nothing funny about the high unemployment rate in Guyana. There is nothing funny about the fact that MPs can afford to eat duck while the poor and disadvantage can’t afford to buy food. While the MPs were having a good time in the parliament at the expense of the poor taxpayer, the poor are suffering financially.
Anthony Pantlitz
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