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Apr 19, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
I have been following the exchanges in the story of the PS Collin Croal’s involvement in the episode with the young girl at Mabaruma and her mother.
Mr. Croal comes out with a statement that “the PPP/C and PYO should not be seen as a football field for a family that has divided political loyalty”.  While this may be so, Mr. Croal and his PYO Steering Committee know very well why they would encourage the young lady to continue to be delinquent.  One would have thought that this ‘auspicious’ group would be helping to mould these young minds into proper living practices rather than use them as players on the political football field.
Why did they not remind this girl that it is okay to be respectful to her mother? Why did they not counsel her if she seemed to be a troubled youth?  Encouraging her to hold fast to positive attributes may assist her in being a Progressive Youth.
Why have a discussion with the girl, her father and her sister without her mother being present and then have her speak with a Media House too?
I consider this as a total infringement of the rights of both the obviously confused child and her mother.  Her father should have insisted that his wife be present since she was integral to the whole episode.
The mother is being castigated because of this divided political loyalty. I am sure that PS Croal knows about this. Her democratic rights are eroded.  She was one of the Community Service Officers and suddenly because she changed her ‘political loyalty’ a message was sent to her that her services are no longer required.
Is this an indication that the CSOs have signed over their allegiance to the PPP/C?  Are the CSOs paid from PPP funds or Government coffers to which we subscribe via our taxes?
A mother trying to protect her daughter from making decisions that could be detrimental to her overall well-being is not tantamount to a smear campaign.
And, I do believe that bringing out the school children at the dormitory to march with PYO jerseys to a PPP Rally should not be considered as support for the PPP.  It is bullyism and the official from the Education Department who made this possible should be asked to resign immediately.  Parents are encouraged to leave their children there with the express promise that they would be well supervised, especially after school hours, and not used as ‘players in the political football field’.
There is another very troubling issue concerning some of the female children in the dorms at the Secondary School that is making the rounds.  If true, there could be no cover-up.
Sade Matthews

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