Long overdue, but better late than never

May 27, 2014 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
Permit me to be added as yet another Guyanese sending laudatory remarks and encomiums on Brigadier Granger for grasping the bull by the horns, or better still acting as the psychiatrist, rather than permitting the lunatics to run the asylum. This is a long overdue step, and urgently needed measure, —— the investigation of so-called representatives of the long arm of the law.
Sadly the long arm of the law has for far too long, been strong arming the citizens and getting away with it, unpunished and seemingly unnoticed in higher spheres. The citizens can only endure so much for so long, and who knows, they may be a nanometer away from staging insurrection.
Shame, shame and more shame on the Government for failing to even conjure up this thought before, and even further shame on the learned Attorney General, for deeming the motion frivolous and vexatious. I would proffer a bet that the Attorney General, of all the players in this comedic situation, should be conversant with the fact that in law, the term vexatious refers to an action brought without sufficient grounds for winning. How much farther does a condom-covered baton have to be inserted, or the flames on a genital area have to destroy, for these not to be considered vexatious?
In fact, on the contrary, his mode of thinking compounded by his choice of words would make the parents of the victim sore vex. How long would government officials have continued in their self-designed lackadaisical, myopic fashion?   How much more were the citizens expected to bear? To crown it all, the sordid and blatant infringement of the citizens’ human rights should not have required the Brigadier to pilot his way through parliament to have a motion passed, a legislative gesture that should have been initiated by the Government.
Every act of torture perpetrated by the agents of the Police Force against law-abiding citizens, and   brought before the court, should cite the Government as either the impleaded party or the mise-en-cause. The police credo worldwide has been – to protect and serve. Rouse me from my reverie in believing that the police in Guyana have been sworn to a different oath and following a different motto.
Yes, since 1988, Guyana has been a signatory to the United Nations Convention Against Torture, and to all apparent reason Guyana is in contravention, if not disregard, of the terms and condition to which their signature was affixed.
Perhaps the U.N should be made aware and, accordingly, let them decide on the possible course of action that should be taken. If Guyana would not act then let the Master act for them.   It is blatantly apparent that not only is the present Government driving recklessly in the driver’s seat, but it is also failing to see the emotional carnage brought about by its reckless manoeuvres.
President Ramotar should forthwith be advised to support the motion advocated by Brigadier Granger, and set in motion, at the earliest opportunity I daresay, all that is necessary to establish a Commission of Inquiry. It is long overdue, but then again better late than never.
Aluta continua—The struggle continues.
Yvonne Sam

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