Neither Granger nor Felix has anything to offer in support of the Security Sector

Sep 28, 2013 Letters

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Dear Editor,
APNU’s members are waging psychological warfare on the Guyanese people. They can’t beat the PPP/C Administration on the social or the economic front, so they are bashing the security sector for political reasons.
Their cloven hooves have been exposed in respect of all the Government of Guyana flagship projects; their duplicity, their double standards etc; stands bare for all to see.
As for the AFC, its credibility has been shattered beyond repair with the Chairman’s fiasco of which there is more to come, apart from the recent defections to APNU.  That is just the tip of the iceberg.
Both APNU and the AFC are working overtime to create the impression that the PPP/C Administration has failed.  In effect it is they who are failing. No one is buying their propaganda line, save, maybe a few of their supporters.
And APNU is going nowhere with its selective sniping at Government’s developmental projects.  Its non-delivery on promises to its supporters and constant threats such as; “we can’t go on like this for five years” and the assertion that:  “they (Government) will have to accept the consequences” are aimed at fanning the flames reminiscent of “mo fyah, slow fyah”
Small wonder why Henry Jeffrey in an article published in the Stabroek News on June 19, 2013 had this to say:
“APNU has not been able to transmit an acceptable vision of the future and its political antics have left many confused”.
And the Stabroek News in an Editorial published on June 12, 2013 stated;
“Although now in the Opposition, for two decades, the PNC failed to take the opportunity to rejuvenate itself in a move to secure ethical grounds with an acknowledgement, at least of its fraudulent past!”
Thus having lost out on all fronts the next best option for the Opposition is to seek to create fear and tension in the society. This is manifested in their resort to criminal minds and “psy-ops” to create a sense of discomfort and insecurity in the country.
It is a well established fact that the Opposition Parties have links with criminal elements in our society.  They have used these criminal elements in the past and in more recent times to create mayhem in our country.
We know full well that elements in the political Opposition had very close contacts with the murderous gang under Rondell Rawlins aka “Fine Man”. Such close ties with criminal elements place the Opposition on the side of the criminal enterprise and against those who are working to improve security and fighting crime in the country.
This explains their sustained and persistent attacks against the Security Sector, and in particular, the Ministry of Home Affairs. All of these attacks are therefore politically motivated.
Their failure to succeed has forced them to plunge into their bag of dirty tricks.  They have no other option politically. Thus these criminal connections and the support the Opposition gives to the criminal elements is well established.  It is the reservoir to which they must resort to create intimidation, violence and fear in our society.
What we saw taking place in our society recently is a manifestation of guided criminality.  It is a criminality that is politically motivated with political objectives in mind. The combination of the political mind with the criminal mind, compounded with support from rogue law enforcement elements, is a dangerous combination which must be rooted out and not allowed to fester and create fear and insecurity in our country.
This combination rears its ugly head whenever the country and its people are at peace and good order is the rule of the day.
In-so-far as the Security Sector is concerned, neither Granger nor Felix has told us anything we don’t know, nor have they recommended anything that we are not doing.  They have nothing new to tell us.  They are barren, they are sailing.  All they do is condemn, criticize, denigrate and personalize the issues. They have nothing positive or constructive to suggest. They simply rehash and regurgitate what is already taking place in the Security Sector.
Between Granger and Felix it is like “the blind leading the blind”.
The Minister of Home Affairs is not looking for “stars” from the Opposition nor is he seeking after any “stellar performance” assessed by sections of the Media.   On the contrary, it is simply a matter of working hard to make people safe and secure.
The denials from the Opposition camp, with respect to responsibility for any breakdown in law and order, have been too frequent and too strong not to attract suspicion. However, something is  definitely “cooking,” and we are on to it.
Clement J. Rohee
Minister of Home Affairs

 

 

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