An application to President Ramotar for a Ministerial post

Aug 02, 2013 Letters

Dear Mr. President,
I write seeking employment with your Government as a Minister. I am the son of a cane cutter (I think it is called a cane harvester now) but it is the same back breaking work. I am qualified, sensible, hardworking and honest although I do not feel that I need many of the aforementioned qualities to qualify.
But you may ask why I want to be a Minister?
Well, Sir, I live in a simple two bedroom apartment in the bottom flat of a building and pay a rent of $25,000.00 per month. I was recently in a discussion with some friends who took pity on my housing condition, and asked that I should see for myself where and how Ministers live.
So, I jumped on my bicycle and rode down to a place my friends called “Pradoville 2”, just past the Sparendaam Police Station. I saw lots of big houses like palaces. A man pointed out to me, “dat is Minister Manickchand house”, and so on.
I ride across to Railway Line, and I looked at “Pradoville 1”. The small-ish house at front belongs to Mr. Donald Ramotar, who was never a minister but is now President. The house behind is that of Minister Ramsarran, and so it goes.
Well I came back home and looking at the Kaieteur News I saw a big estate manager house with swimming pool that the paper said was owned by Minister Irfaan Ali.
But nothing wrong with that. So I immediately say that I need one of that too. Mr. President, what better way to get a mansion than to join your Cabinet!
Friends tell me that if I know how to handle the ropes I might get a second house somewhere in the countryside. I might even own a farm on the Linden/Soesdyke Highway, or new Mercedes.
Maybe, a black Land Rover and a white Range Rover, on the same driveway.
You know, in Law, the most certain legal advice is in Black and White and if I land the Attorney General job, I could put my hands on a black Land Rover and a white Range Rover.
When I told Pa about the mansions, he said that it is a shame that Government didn’t build one in memory of the late Dr. Cheddi Jagan. He deserved a mansion, for all the selfless work he has done.
Clearly, Dr. Jagan didn’t have the financial genius or connections to have a mansion. Some of the Ministers could have taught him a thing or two about opulence and good living. Pa said that these Ministers should run a programme at the University of Guyana and teach how to do it.
I don’t think that I should wait until I get an education to be a Minister. I will never realise my dreams of a big house or a foreign bank account.
So, Sir, I just making a try right now, and hope for your quick reply. My friends said that I should write now since after Congress there would be lots of vacancies for ministers.
Your humble servant-to-be
Gunga Prasad

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