Guyana – a compelling case for regime change

Oct 15, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
President Ramotar and his administration have been tried and found wanting. The incompetence, nepotism and corruption are a pox upon Guyanese in Guyana and an international embarrassment as a result of government sanctioned violation of copyright laws. From any angle and to even his supporters, President Ramotar is out of his depth and lacks the leadership and competence to lead a nation.
He never demonstrated his vision to take Guyana in a direction away from the calamitous and divisive situation that his mentor President Jagdeo took the nation. As a matter of fact on the campaign trail he promised to continue in the ways of President Jagdeo. Guyanese should have listened because he kept his word; he said bring me the evidence of corruption and he will deal with it.
De facto government policy to violate copy right laws and funnel money to a PPP supporter for production of school text books was met with more ineptitude by Mr. Ramotar and his inept administration. The opposition should prepare an organizational chart for the nation and show them that for every minister, permanent secretary or high level appointee he or she has nine to thirteen relatives who benefit from employment that they are not qualified for but receive a salary due to nepotism.
Scores of unarmed peaceful demonstrators in Georgetown were shot at with rubber bullets by the police in the aftermath of the November 2011 general elections that saw the PPP lose control of parliament. July 2012 in Linden three unarmed demonstrators were killed by the police and several others sustained injuries at the hands of the police. October 2012, an unarmed youth was executed by the police in Agricola and the community in response to Dr. Luncheon’s inflammatory and provocative statement “the government is ready to rumble” protested and the police once again used less than lethal rubber bullets as a means of crowd control.
There is a distinct pattern by the PPP government to use excessive and lethal force on people that are not their natural constituents to subjugate them. Instead of holding constitutionally due local government elections the PPP has systematically replaced legally elected local government officials in regions that they did not win democratically through the ballot and replaced them with IMCs that are staffed by incompetent party sycophants.
The tipping point for a nationwide conflagration is fast approaching and when it does, the PPP and their legion of supporters who are beneficiaries of sudden unexplained wealth, may suffer the same fate as the Mubaraks and Khadafy’s who were unceremoniously removed during the Arab spring. Jagdeo and now Ramotar have been able to get away with institutionalized malfeasance, mis-governance, government sanctioned corruption and injustice because the Diaspora has provided a relief valve in the form of over $300 million dollars in remittances to their relatives annually.
Guyanese in the Diaspora as a matter of principle and respect for their hard earned dollars should stop sending money to relatives and force the government to become accountable to all Guyanese not just some Guyanese. When all Guyanese feel the pinch that their government dishes out on a daily basis only then the people will demand change; unless and until that happens, the PPP will continue to treat the national treasury as a slush fund for themselves and selected cronies.
Nigel Jason

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