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Mar 09, 2013 Letters

 

 

DEAR EDITOR,
Over the past decades we have seen the repeated malaise coming from those in the Guyanese society that have been elected to serve with the distinction and guile that enhances the  position of the state without question.
We the people have placed our trust in the hands of men and women who purport to make decisions that will be in the best interest of this nation. On numerous occasions we have watched, in dismay, as the decisions made by the politicians support the knowledge and intelligence of high school dropouts. Yet these politicians expect the populace to be satisfied with the decisions made. The politicians would like to take away our right to say that what we have seen is not good enough and does not represent our collective interest as a nation.
Over a period of years we have seen the muddled direction of the current government.  We have seen the blatant self-interest and nepotism that goes unabated as this government tries to hide the misdirection of their bound-to-fail policies. Yet we continue to lend support, even though it is obvious that there will be no positives from the current journey on which this government embarks. Frederick Kissoon in his court deposition removed the veil of deception occurring before our eyes.
During the Burnham government, the PPP preached how despotic he was. They maligned and decried his every move, in some cases justifiably so. Today we are witnesses to the same failed policies the PPP so ardently criticized now being repeated. Except now, there is a new twist that Burnham never tried to indulge. I would attribute this new twist of a racist action to the years of domination of Afro Guyanese in the civil service. A domination that occurred based on preference and societal position is now being seen as a disadvantage to be corrected. This recidivistic approach by the PPP has prompted some to call for an enquiry into something they see as criminal.
It seems that because things are being run by the PPP, they are bent on removing all vestiges of that domination in every aspect.
It behooves me to think that the PPP is so sinister in their mode of thinking that they would embark on removing career civil servants based only on race, when most have no political aspirations that would be counter-productive to the smooth functioning of the party’s operation. If this action is not arrested it would mean that every new government is privy to the same behaviour of removing all Guyanese workers from their earned positions, especially when and if they are not of the dominating race of the party in power.
Patrick Barker

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