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The regime should stop undermining the Public Service

Apr 22, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Home Affairs Minister for now, Mr. Clement Rohee reportedly said “an air of uncertainty currently looms over the Home Affairs Ministry and believes workers’ job security is in limbo” as quoted on the biased PPP media NCN,  due to the proposed budget cuts by the opposition, mainly the AFC. The majority opposition rationalized the 2012 Budget by some G$20 billion and not one job was lost.
So what is all this hysteria and paranoia about? There goes the PPP propaganda machine again of untruths and distortions headed by the “no confidence” minister. Does this minister not realize that he has no credibility or integrity left in his person to even speak publicly much less to support Jagdeo’s statement at the Pandit’s funeral? Does he not realize that the people including their own supporters are tired of their lies?
Does this minister not realize that some of his colleagues believe that he is an embarrassment to the government and the party and that he should bow out of office?
The AFC has said that it has lost confidence in the office holder who leads the Ministry of Home Affairs and as a result of this loss of confidence it is expected that they will interrogate the spending of that Ministry the most.  During this interrogation of the numbers, we were advised by the interrogators that they found the Minister took the liberty of increasing the number of contract workers from 115 persons to 168 persons despite a serious warning from the opposition a year ago not to do so. Does he not realize that the majority opposition would not be bullied by the minority PPP regime? Maybe, if the minister does the honorable thing and resign, the impending budget cuts will be suspended.
Well this Minister really got some brass to ignore the majority in Parliament especially when he is in an untenable situation where he is a “persona non grata” in the books of the majority of the Parliament.  Further, the majority in Parliament could not have been clearer during the 2012 debates to indicate their position on the discrimination against public servants in favor of contract workers, many of whom are unqualified and inexperienced PPP stooges. The regime should cease its hypocritical practice of undermining the Civil/Public Service.
Thus recognizing these clear and justifiable positions, any increase in the number of contract workers was deemed unacceptable by the opposition but Mr. Rohee has ignored the opposition because he felt that it was within his power to hire 53 additional contract workers in 2013 and not expect a patient majority opposition to react. His lack of respect for the majority in Parliament and his poor track record clearly shows that he is unfit to remain as a minister.
So all these crocodile tears from the Minister today are a clear indication that his comprehension of the English Language is a challenge, or too poor to understand what NO MORE CONTRACT WORKERS means. The people want a professional public service with more public servants and with the full security of tenure and not unqualified PPP cronies.
If the minister can check the recommendations for rationalization; it is pellucid – only the Secretariat of the Minister was rationalized; not personnel from the Police Force, not from the Fire Service, not from the Prison or for that matter; not any other personnel within the Ministry of Home Affairs.
It is time President Ramotar appoint a competent Minister of Home Affairs and bring a halt to the expansion of the army of unqualified Contract Workers and rebuild and professionalize the PUBLIC SERVICE.
It is our hope that good sense will prevail or is this the season where the minority bullies the majority?
Dr. Asquith Rose and Harish S. Singh

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