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Rohee should think before he writes and speaks
Dear Editor:
Clement Rohee, the Minister, has found his voice.
Since Mr. Rohee feels that the no confidence motion passed against him in the National Assembly can be dishonoured, he has decided to emerge from his slumber and shame to, once again, write his drivel to the press.
In a letter published in SN dated 04/17/2013 and captioned “Trotman should provide information to the police”, Rohee attempted his usual scare tactic and subtle threat against WPA member and APNU member of Parliament Desmond Trotman whom he claimed, maligned the PPP by describing it as a ‘criminal cabal’.
According to Rohee, Trotman, while making his budget presentation, stated that the people use these words to describe the PPP. In his letter, Rohee calls on the police to pursue Desmond Trotman M.P to provide evidence which supports the view that Guyanese people refers to the PPP as “a criminal cabal.”
In his usual attempt to intimidate people, he stated that he will be following up this matter with the police. I have heard, and I am sure that Rohee and the entire PPP/C cabinet would have heard, Guyanese describe the PPP/C in even more disparaging terms, so what ‘hullabaloo’ is Rohee trying to create with this mild version of how the people may have described the PPP? Is he trying to reassert himself or change the political conversation?
If Rohee is serious, he should take some time and visit with the people in the community and ask them to express their view of the PPP government. I am quite sure the responses will neither disappoint nor surprise him, but will rather remind him of the reality that people will have nothing complimentary to say.
When he gets the response he should, using his words, follow up with the police and call for the people to provide evidence of their pejorative comments. I bet the police will run out of charge slips for all these people, and the courts will be doubly overwhelmed.
Guyanese have often questioned the wisdom of Mr. Rohee, and his April 17 letter once again provides an opportunity for us to scrutinise his ‘intellectual bearing’ and depth of common sense.
Why is it that none of the other PPP/C ‘bigwigs’ see it fit to make these kinds of foolish comments or engage in such idiotic gaff? Rohee feels that intimidation and threats are the appropriate means the PPP can use to suppress views and keep the people in check, so he swiftly pens his letter to put Desmond Trotman on notice. Rohee ought to be reminded that the Guyanese people have sent a clear message to the world that they have lost confidence in him as Minister of Home Affairs and therefore, anything said or done by him as Home Affairs Minister is left to the conscience of the people.
The time Rohee takes to engage in nonsensical issues and take up space in the media, he should be explaining to the Guyanese why the police shot and killed three Linden protestors and injured many others; why the police shot and killed 17-year-old Agricola resident Shaquille Grant; why the police shot and killed 22-year-old Dameon Belgrave while chasing persons they claim were acting suspiciously and why the police brutally beat a woman and child in an interior location.
Rohee should be providing answers to these and other atrocities committed by the police, under his watch. The buck stops at him. These grave realities are sufficient reasons which justify Mr. Rohee’s incompetence for the office of Minister of Home Affairs, to simply pass the buck to the ranks and their supervising officer is coward. Rohee must take responsibility.
Guyanese people want to know why these kinds of illicit happenings occur with such frequency and boldness by the police perpetrators.
Just for clarity, I see Clement Rohee signed his letter as “Minister” as opposed to Home Affairs Minister. Is this an indication that he has come to the realization that he is not competent to function as said subject Minister? Or is it that his political advisors informed him that it would be wise to simply sign the letter as a non-portfolio minister, in order to let the controversy surrounding his status as Home Affairs Minister silently escape the people. Whatever the reason, the people are alert and smart enough to discern malicious intentions.
Lurlene Nestor
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