To deprive anyone of employment is inhumane

Jun 11, 2015 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
The APNU/AFC government wasted no time dismissing Guyanese from their jobs, in spite of the fact that unemployment is sky high and job mobility is virtually nonexistent, particularly for professionals. This situation has hurt Guyanese and signaled a callous tone.
Throughout history, our governments have been brutal and this coalition is no exception. Understandably, government wants to insert its own candidates in certain jobs, but it must balance its actions, so as to benefit all, not just its inner circle.
Even though Guyanese have been groaning in response to this harsh situation, government has been pressing ahead. It has claimed that it has unearthed and axed twenty employees who were secret workers, on an alleged gravy train. Government wasted no time painting all on board, as monsters, so as to justify dismissing them, and it failed to realize the obvious moral dilemma embedded in this situation.
We all know these workers were forced under dire circumstances to engage in such employment because job opportunities are scarce. What are these people supposed to do? They need to make a living. Given this situation, it is morally wrong to fire them. Instead, government needs to reach out to these folks; irrespective of who they are and render help.
Our leaders should be considerate like President Reagan who gave outright amnesty to millions of people who illegally crossed the American borders in search of a better life. It was a moral dilemma presented to President Reagan and he took the humane approach. Further, a grip on the understanding of the Heinz dilemma will help us understand this moral situation, we are faced with. We need leaders with minds like President Reagan – who has shown respect for humanity – to lead our country.
Government wasted no time touting that it will engage professionals from the diaspora, which seems to be pure poppycock. How can this be when government is axing existing employees so it can bring on board its own, leaving many in utter misery? Who would want to work under a climate of uncertainty, particularly when they can be easily dismissed and marginalized?
Dismissing these employees, creates fear, disunity, low self-worth, low self-esteem, sadness, distress, despair, depression, anxiety, panic, insecurity, hunger, crime and turmoil. Further, it deepens the brain drain, and pushes the country deeper into poverty, while forcing many in search of basic food.
Government needs to understand that its people cannot self-actualize under these conditions and thus cannot be productive members of society. It is crystal clear that this government has done more harm than good, when it dismissed so many Guyanese, and is leaving them high and dry.
This Government has also been engaged in inconsistent and ugly patterns of dismissals, indicating that it is on a witch-hunt. A glaring case that comes to mind is the disrespectful dismissal of Ms. Carol Sooba. I am now convinced more than ever that Guyana has no place for women and it is a situation that has injected fear into so many. It is to be remembered that the country is swamped with situations that are responsible for creating fear. It is not fear mongering, but is the actual fear that is largely responsible for derailing unity and this was echoed at the polls.
Government needs to know that it is inhumane to deprive anyone and to this end, it needs to halt dismissing Guyanese and improvise mechanisms, reintegrating all of the unemployed into the workforce without being marginalized or else it stands to be branded, as an uncaring and an authoritarian leader.
Annie Baliram

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