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Rose and Singh wrong to justify disorder at Agricola

Oct 24, 2012 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
This is in response to Messrs Asquith Rose and Harish Sasenarine Singh’s missive “Bisram’s condemnation of the opposition for the Agricola unrest is irresponsible” (KN Oct 18).
The opposition AFC and PNC (APNU) claimed ownership of the protest according to all the media with APNU subsequently dissociating from it following the beating and robbing.
Isn’t it a logical deduction that the opposition should be held responsible (and accountable) for the unrest that flowed from the protest?
Contrary to what the two AFC sycophants penned, I am not acting as judge, jury and executioner on those responsible for beating, terrorizing and robbing Indians during the unrest. In my letter, I simply appealed to the AFC, since it was the lead organizer of the protest, to cooperate with the police to find the attackers who terrorized and robbed.
The AFC has a moral, if not legal, duty to get restitution for the victims.
The two AFC sycophants stated that the working class is not daft. I agree.  That is why the working class would want the AFC to help the authorities find the attackers and help the victims pay their medical bills and arrange to have them compensated for their loss of valuables and stolen money.
Rose and Singh seem to be justifying the beating and robbing when they pen “other communities were discriminated against by the PPP”.
The write that the time has come for those who feel they have been discriminated against to say “enough is enough”. That type of behaviour is unacceptable.  No group has the right to pounce upon another.
Rose and Singh condemn my advocacy for just compensation for the victims demanding instead that the people of Linden and other places be compensated.
Rose and Singh claimed that I have not “uttered a single word in support of the Linden victims”.  That is not factual.  I penned several pieces in SN and KN calling for an investigation and for those responsible punished.
Incidentally, in the commission of inquiry into Linden, no evidence has been tendered that the police shot the victims or that Minister Rohee gave any order to use violence – contentions made by Singh, Rose and their party the AFC as well as their ally the PNC.
Even the AFC expert has concluded that the police could not have done the shooting. So aren’t the police owed an apology by the AFC as well as Messrs Rose and Singh? Guess there’s no political mileage for them anymore.
Rose and Singh implore me to lecture Freedom House on protecting Indians.  That is sound advice. I don’t think Rose and Singh feel the AFC is responsible for protecting Indians when they call a protest.
The police should have done their job by dealing firmly with the hooligans.
Rose and Singh stated that what happened in Linden is more important to them. They state that the lives of the tens of thousands stranded on the East Bank are of lesser importance than the lives of Lindeners.
That is their prerogative and I have no quarrel with that such personal belief. I am of the view that Linden should not be used as an excuse to beat and to rob and Rose and Singh should not justify the beating and robbing of anyone.
The suggestion by Rose and Singh that the lives of the victims of the Agricola unrest are of lesser value than those of Linden is reprehensible.  All lives are valuable.
There should not have been any victims in Linden or Agricola and whoever is responsible (opposition and or government) must face the consequences.
Vishnu Bisram

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