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Some in the regime do not deserve the title “Honorable”

Oct 09, 2013 Letters

Dear Editor,
After a careful examination of the spate of armed robberies and murders that are occurring daily in Guyana, we think that it is time for the Minister of Home Affairs, the Honorable Clement Rohee to resign.  Rohee should do the right thing and resign because he has become a disgrace to the nation due to his inability and incompetence to solve crime.
He is no longer held in high esteem because no one in Guyana has any confidence in him except  the President of the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GCCI), Clinton Urling. Urling has said that Rohee should tenaciously hold on to the reins of power because his removal would not solve the crime issue.
For Urling to make such reckless and idiotic statement shows that he is out of touch with reality and is therefore not honorable. Does he not realize that armed bandits are robbing and murdering innocent, law abiding Guyanese every day.
How many more physical assaults and abuse can the people take from these armed bandits before action is taken to protect the people?
The formation of the SWAT team is a camouflage for the Minister and the PPP cabal to make it appear as though they are dealing with the prime problem.
This is further from the truth because in essence the SWAT team is nothing more than a band aid solution to solving the high crime rate in the country. Like the rest of the police force, the SWAT team will be told by the regime which crime to investigate or not investigate.
Urling should have known that Rohee has been the Minister of Home Affairs for the past six years—a period in which the crime rate has reached its highest level throughout the country. With such poor statement, can someone tell us why Urling is allowed to lead such a prestigious organization like the GCCI?
Did the GCCI members made a mistake by electing him as their president? After reading his ridiculous statement, they should ask him to resign. Like Rohee, Urling has lost whatever little credibility he had.
One cannot help but conclude that the Minister of Home Affairs has on several occasions intervened into the internal daily running of the police force and it is this degree of political interference that forms the basis for the high number of unsolved crimes including the murder of Seema Mangar, ten-year-old Ricky Jainarine of Essequibo and several others whom space would not permit us to mention.
We call on the minister to come forward and state unequivocally what he knows about the Seema Mangar murder and the other unsolved crimes. It is time for him to redeem himself and tell the people the truth rather than apportion blame to other groups such as APNU which have no executive authority or control over the police.
How can APNU which has zero authority or control over the police be held responsible for the crime wave? Is the minister saying that APNU should be blamed for the lack of action, ineptness and incompetence of the police to solve crime?
We issue a challenge to anyone in the regime to take a lie detector test to prove that they were not involved in any corrupt practices and had no intention to act in a corrupt manner and at no time did they derive any personal benefit or wealth from corruption.
Dr. Asquith Rose and Chandra Deollal, Esq.

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