Rohee sitting on the Committee of Privileges should not be condoned

Dec 06, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
There continues to be a stark absence of good ethics, professional conduct and moral fortitude in our dear land. Sadly, these realities are poignantly noted in the actions and dealings of those who sit at the very top of the leadership of our nation. It therefore, begs the question; where does the moral compass of our people lie?
Is it in the actions, words and deeds of these few who hold executive power or does it lie in the heart, soul and actions of the ordinary citizenry?
My belief is that it lies with the latter, a people whose moral values and ethics are very different from what the executive reflects.
Since this is so, we must ask ourselves why is it that we have continued to remain relatively quiet when our values and ethics are being disregarded, misrepresented and treated as non-existent.
Why must we remain silent when the actions of the executive seem to suggest to the world that we might be a people who couldn’t care less about those things which define us as decent moral beings? Is it fear that quiets us or have we decided to give in to the undesirable actions and drumbeats, of the few, which seek to define us?
We sat through the whole embarrassing episode of the ‘pirated textbooks’ but failed to raise much concern over the government’s shameless stance to defend its unabashed actions; particularly, when it stated that if the government does not pirate books then it cannot provide books for students in public schools. What a justification?
This, for me, was a very sad reality, a reality which sends the wrong signals to our children and the world at large. Children who deserve better and ought to be treated better.
Will the common criminal go to the courts and enunciate his ‘just defence’ for committing an unlawful and immoral act, and expect to receive the ‘willing mercies’ of the courts?
Because of our perceived silence and refusal to express strong outrage at these actions, the government feels emboldened to perpetuate these unsavory acts upon us. So without going into a litany of other examples, I would seek here to highlight just one other recent unfortunate reality – the Rohee gag saga.
We have read in the press that the Speaker of the National Assembly has referred the matter of the no-confidence motion, passed against Minister Rohee, to the Committee of Privileges of the Parliament.
We have also learnt that both sides are preparing to robustly defend their case. However, what was disheartening was the fact that the PPP/C, in its ‘moral’ judgment, has decided to have Minister Rohee sit as a member of this committee, at this time, when the said Minister will be the centrepiece of all discussions of immediate meetings of this committee.
It was the actions or inactions of this minister which occasioned the urgent sitting of the committee. It would seem that good ethics and commonsense would dictate that the government side would have at least recognized that Rohee’s mere presence on that committee, at this time, can constitute a major stumbling block in this situation.
Such a move begs questions about the motive and intention of the government; do they truly desire an amicable and swift resolution to this situation or is this a strategy to realize a more partisan and sinister outcome?
Or is it that the government again is prepared to demonstrate that it embraces a policy of confrontation rather than co-operation?
Whatever is the reason, we must be aware that the PPP/C ‘s confidence and poise in perpetrating these insidious, unethical and immoral acts on the people would not happen if they recognize us as a decent people who subscribe to good moral and ethical principles.
It is because of this disrespect they believe that they can disregard the people.
If we are to believe that no one in the leadership of the PPP/C believes that allowing Clement Rohee to sit on a committee which is meeting to pronounce on his action is outrageously wrong, then we ought to conclude that we are being led by our toes.
Something is palpably and painfully wrong with the way these leaders see things, it is time the people stand up for what is moral and what is right. Rohee sitting on that committee is reprehensible and should not be condoned.
Lurlene Nestor

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