How good, candid and forthcoming is Simona Broomes?

Jan 12, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
A recent blog post trending on social media made me hurl with laughter. The article titled “The Best Minister in the Coalition Government” refers to Simona Broomes, and is written by a young woman who signs “without wax.” While we are all fully entitled to express our opinions freely within the confines of mutual respect, describing Broomes as being honest has to come from someone who is ill-informed, who has a sinister plot to mislead readers or who whether voluntarily or in exchange of payment is promoting PR.
The articles states that “It is because of her no-nonsense attitude and honesty that people are fast becoming supporters of Broomes”. The writer goes on to say “I only hope that Broomes’ image and refreshing honesty remain untouched by the more sinister characters around her”. I wouldn’t comment on the attitude of Broomes, for she must have portrayed to the author some level of dignity, self-respect and humility to be worthy of such a description in the article. What the public gathers from her behaviour will speak for itself.
However, in terms of honesty, Broomes is the Minister (Junior) of the coalition who has blatantly misled the Guyanese people in July, and who was forced to shed light on her mining status when she was shifted to the newly renamed Natural Resources Ministry. The world would remember that in July, when a media house published an article informing the public that Broomes was among those miners possessing at least 3 mining blocks in Tasserene, a proposed Amerindian title land, the Minister viciously attacked the said news source and threatened to file a lawsuit. The statements which Broomes described as being “scandalous” and libellous were not retracted and the lawsuit was launched.
Now, the Junior Minister has had to force the truth out of her mouth when she declared last week that she does possess 3 blocks at Issano, which is in Tasserene, but that she sees no conflict of interest in this. I will abstain from commenting on the violation of Amerindian rights as the renamed Indigenous Peoples Affairs Ministry will have to take responsibility for its own complacency in this matter. I will also abstain from commenting on the conflict of interest as the Transparency Institute of Guyana Incorporated has already taken up this charge. However, to say that Broomes is exemplary is to be ill informed at best and myopic at worst. To say that she is blessed with “refreshing honesty” is to take Guyanese people for fools, and condone the brevity in her explanation of this boisterous Minister who cannot tell the difference between prostitution and rafficking in Persons.
Anna Correia

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