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Carvil Duncan should resign from these Commissions

Feb 23, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
In Guyana, four daily newspapers carry issues and stories also photographs on the front pages that the editors believe are the most important and for that very reason Mr. Carvil Duncan and Mr. Aeshwar Deonarine photographs, have been featuring on the front pages.
On Wednesday, 3rd February, 2016 on the front page of Kaieteur newspaper, printed in block letters read the following ‘Following Criminal Charges Carvil Duncan status on Constitutional Bodies Questioned”
I turned to page 14 and read the entire article, some of the paragraph more than once and reflected on the numerous public servants, the employees from the private sector and other employees, who were accused of the offences of fraud, larceny by clerk or servant and embezzlement, and who never admitted to the crime they were accused of, but yet these persons were arrested, locked up, taken before the courts, even before the police Investigations were completed. Once before the court, the prosecutor would ask for substantial bail and may even ask that your passport lodged with the police which to my mind maybe a reasonable request depends upon the circumstances.
Well I have always had an interest in trade union related issues, and I feel that Mr. Duncan is right up there with the best we have ever had or have and that list includes Joseph Pollydore, Leslie Melville, Selo Baichan, Richard Ishmael, Lincoln Lewis, George DePena, Komal Chand and many others, but it is beyond the comprehension of the average thinking people how he can justify his decision not to resign from the very  important Commissions, he sits on.  Chairman Public Service Commission, Member of the Judicial Service, Commission and Member of the Police Services, Commission the importance of these Commissions cannot be overstated because the deal with the dispensation of justice and the day today aspects of people’s life.
In the justice system there are three popular phrases or slogans we hear (1) innocent until proven guilty, (2) justice delayed is justice denied, (3) the right to be heard, and while I fully subscribe to all these doctrine, it has to be applicable to all, not only to the rich, the privilege, those who are led to believe that they are powerful, and those with political connections.  But to each and every citizen of this country, we all must openly agree, that had a class one clerk accused of stealing by whatever means or way,   $100,000 of worse, the cases would have been dealt with differently. Someone needs to tell me where is this equal rights and justice for all. Mr. Duncan by refusing to resign from these constitutional bodies has in no small way, eroded the confidence of the  Guyanese people that these commissions needs to have.
But, I rather suspect that he and other persons out there may be saying that if a Member of Parliament, who is before the court charged with stealing hundreds of millions of dollars, has not resigned then why should he.  They are times I believe that you must jump before you are pushed.
Archie W. Cordis
Former A.F.C. Councillor
Region 2

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