The holidays should be for healing our national leaders

Dec 21, 2012 Letters

Dear Editor,
While Christmas is a festive season that represents peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind, our sympathy goes out to all those who have lost loved ones during the year. We are still all in shock at the brutal and senseless murders of young men such as Shaquille Grant (Agricola), Dameon Belgrave (Pouderoyen), the three Linden Martyrs; Shemroy Bouyea, Ron Somerset and Allan Lewis and others who were cut down in the prime of their lives by some brutal and corrupt agents of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal.
These foolish acts by the unprofessional members of the police force should be a wake-up call for all Guyanese to challenge this savage, corrupt and uncaring regime before others have to suffer the same fate.
It is a crying shame that those who took the oath to serve and protect the people are themselves turning their weapons on the defenseless citizens of Guyana.
But in the midst of their collective grief, the mothers, fathers and relatives of all those slain by the State in 2012 must continue to hope that good is coming to the land and that they are not alone in their pain and sadness.
As concerned Guyanese, we urge the government to make sure that justice be done so that the parents and relatives of the slain could have closure.
So in this festive season of sharing and goodwill to all, we want to gently remind the people that Christ did not believe in such brutality.
The Old Testament speaks to the Law of Moses especially to the Ten Commandments that said, “Thou shalt not kill” and “Love thy neighbor as thyself.”
Today, twelve months after the inauguration of a new President, the poor and the working class are no closer on that journey out of poverty.
This Yuletide season should serve as a period of reflection on our lives and how we must redouble our efforts in 2013 to refuse to co-operate with the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal, the primary oppressor in Guyana.
The State cannot function without the co-operation of the poor and the working class.
They have to boycott their newspapers; their goods sold by their supporters and commence a program of isolating the agents of the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal just like how the opposition isolated Clement Rohee, rendering him politically useless today.
This is the only solution to stop these wanton and barbaric acts of mal-administration and corruption by the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal.
We call on the government to heed the wishes of the people by paying greater attention to their needs. If they fail to listen to the pleas of the people then increase the strategy of isolation of the regime and their cronies by not supporting their businesses.
This will bring order back to the society through plain and simple passive and peaceful resistance.
We must stand up today and stop this race to anarchy being perpetuated by the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal as they threaten the very fabric of our society.
It cannot be allowed to continue and the PPP regime must adopt strict measures that will end police brutality and murders of innocent citizens and commence the process of distributing the patrimony of the Treasury to the most deserving such as the farmers at Cotton Tree and Black Bush Polder and the mothers and children of Linden, Agricola and Plastic City.
In this festive season, we pray for the prosperity of all Guyanese and for common sense and understanding to prevail in their actions.
We also pray for peace and goodwill toward all and for love towards each other. Perhaps the holidays will give our national leaders a chance to reflect on a national plan that is inclusive so that they can make better personal choices in 2013 to manifest that year into one of healing, atonement and success for all, especially the poor and the working class.
We love our politics but we love Guyana and the people more.
Our fervent wish in this season is that all will put their shoulder to the wheel to develop and build Guyana so that all, not only the PPP business buddies can share in the bounties of prosperity.
God bless our beautiful Guyana and more important God bless a resilient people who like Teflon will see the changes through to the end and outlive the corruption, oppression and the selfish politics foist upon the nation by the Jagdeo/Ramotar cabal. We remain proud of the people of Guyana and wish them a bright future.
Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh.

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