The no Confidence Motion debate would have been the ultimate “cuss down”

Dec 05, 2014 Letters

Dear Editor,
I fully support the President’s decision to Prorogue the 10th Parliament. With this action by Government, all respectful adults and more importantly our children were spared from the ultimate “cuss down” on the 10th of November 2014. If you recall the attitude of the thirty three opposition members, week after week in the Nation Assembly, then you would surely agree with me that Guyana was saved from what would have been the Caribbean biggest shouting match.
My view is strongly supported by the fact that every time there is a sitting of the house, Members of Parliament on the Opposition side tend to use the opportunity to launch personal verbal attacks on Ministers of Government and Members of Parliament of the ruling PPP/C Government. This type of behavior is a far cry from what is expected of persons elected to represent the best interest of our country.
I challenge the members of the opposition to show me how this type of behavior benefits any of their constituents. These personal attacks are sometimes so distasteful that they provoke a rebuke from the Speaker of the House. One would recall when Raphael Trotman was elected Speaker of the House, the Hon. Prime Minister requested that The House get on with the people’s business in the 10th Parliament.
Sadly, after three years Government was rejected in every move to get parliamentary approval to continue its developmental agenda for the benefit of all stakeholders. For me, the lowest point as a spectator in the house must have been when mention was made of an ailment suffered by the Hon. Director of Sport. This was to me a huge display of insensitivity and a lack of professional tact by the Opposition MP that made a most distasteful attempt at heckling.
His Excellency acted in the most fitting way with this Prorogation of the 10th Parliament. He has saved our children from about two weeks of exposure to some of the most rotten rants by so-called leaders. I have no reason to doubt also that all nasty rhetoric which would have come from this debate would have been in the full view of our children. And of course this would have been all due to the one sided, unbalanced and sensationalized reporting of the “Green Press.”
One only needs to look at the unedited recordings of every past sitting and see what transpired. The behavior of some Opposition MP’s made the Sophia Bus Park looked like a church in comparison. It was very easy to mistake the National Assembly with the Fish Market. This type of display must never be allowed to continue. Our elected officials must see Election Day as the day their job application is approved or not, by the populace. They must never forget the fact that they were not elected to the House to execute personal vendetta or malice. They are servants of the people so we need to see them act to fulfill their constitutional responsibility. Guyana’s people have entrusted them with a mandate to do all that is collectively possible to improve their communities, better their living standards, and to ensure the prosperous and peaceful coexistence of all Guyanese. Guyana is waiting for action in this direction.
Ossie Rodgers

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