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The New Government is not Jesus Christ

Jun 03, 2015 Letters

Dear Editor,
We have lived for a very long time with oppression.   Now that we have been delivered from it, the euphoria of being indeed free could go to our heads, as power went to the heads of the past administration.
The new administration is not infallible and it will make mistakes, but we must not be unreasonable and expect the impossible within a short period of time; although it is our right to ensure that it is held accountable for its actions.
However, we may be expecting too much too soon from the new administration.   We have to remain level-headed and give the administration a chance to settle into its new position and to determine the best way forward.   We should not try to make the new administration pay for what we allowed ourselves to endure silently for the last two decades under the immediate past administration.
The economy was on the brink and it will take much thinking outside the box to bring us back to a decent state where it is no longer dependent on the illegal drug trade for survival.
It is difficult for people who were abused to behave rationally, but we have to be rational.   It is understandable that we will now be somewhat paranoid, but we have to heal ourselves and make our contributions constructively so that we do not hinder the new government in their efforts to create an enabling environment for us to help ourselves.
Yes, we have to help ourselves, and help the new government!   It is heartening to see some of us beginning to do just that in the cleaning exercise that is ongoing.
The saying, ‘where ignorance is bliss, ‘tis folly to be wise’ came to mind recently while speaking to one of my friends, who was driven to anger in her encounter with someone she regularly buys from in the market.  The vendor, apparently a supporter of the immediate past administration, was unreasonably and irrationally attempting to put the blame for the current plight of GuySuCo and its sixteen workers on the new administration.
In the vendor’s voluntary blindness, she could only see what she wanted to see.   It mattered not to her that the new administration assumed office about two weeks ago.   It would be mind-shattering for her and others of like mind, to believe that the people she supported for so long, and for whom she had to lie to herself, in order to continue her support, could be guilty of the blatant acts that took place in this country over the last two decades.
Blindness is the only way that disturbed minds can bear these revelations.  That is why it is important that as the atrocities come to light, the affected parties play their part in solving the problem.  There should be no easy pass.  There are lessons to be learnt here.  It is the only way to bring light to minds that are in darkness.
It is much easier on the mind, to continue to believe the lie which has now taken a turn by the sore losers down the road of ‘fraudulent elections’.  It is good to be reminded that in pointing the finger, four are pointing back at you, and it may not be at all surprising, to learn that those claiming fraud, maintained their previous position by such actions over the last two decades. But luck ran out this time around, in spite of all the gifts and money that were thrown at the disempowered simple-minded.
Perhaps that is where our money has gone!
Rosemarie Terborg Davis

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