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In support of Simona Broomes
Dear Editor,
So a decent successful gold miner for over quarter of a century decides to take up the cause of the abused and oppressed women in the mining industry. For this, she was ostracized and arrested in this our country of Guyana. She came to prominence through the diligence of the United States of America. She joined forces with the then opposition and campaigned for a change in government, promising the people of Guyana that they would work to make a difference and better Guyana.
She was appointed minister within the Labor Department, and in six months, the poor and the needy, and the oppressed workers found no better advocate; no not for the past 23 years if not longer. They rejoiced for the change in government and this Minister whom God had sent to help them. Many a testimonies were made at the Ministry of Labor by these grateful citizens of Guyana as we witnessed daily in the papers. And so powerful people, in powerful places, with powerful interests who could no longer treat the Guyanese workers with contempt if not as slaves, conspired to have her removed from Labor. This Labor ministry has now returned to hibernation since her departure, but I digress.
Nevertheless, the President, trying to appease the powerful and not offend the populace transferred her to the Ministry of Natural Resources where her experience, he said, would be an asset to the government. It is this experience that is now to the source of controversy; this huge conflict of Interest. As we are now told that because she was a gold miner all her adult life she should not be the Minister within the Ministry of Natural Resources which is in charge of gold mining. And the heart surgeon for twenty five years should no longer perform heart surgery, while the musician all his life should stop singing his tune. Ha ha, what nonsense? Laughable! “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when we plot to deceive. And yet, she has been quietly toiling within the Ministry of Natural Resources,” correcting the injustices of many small miners who had, and continue to have their rights
and properties taken from them by the well connected and the wealthy through the corrupt at GGMC, especially in the Land Management Unit.
And so my fellow Guyanese, here we are. Should a minister who abides by the law, help the poor and needy, and does not take a reward to pervert justice be sidelined? Yes, this is the Guyana that was ruled by one party for 23 years including 10 years by a quasi dictator. Who did as they pleased, and abused who they pleased, and destroyed who they pleased, and took what they pleased and nobody dared say a word, who are now the righteous Judges. They are now leading the charge with their comrades with whom they shared the assets of Guyana exclusively amongst each other. But again, I digress.
Now this minister who defends the cause of the poor and needy against the rich and powerful is forced to defend herself from these vultures. Again she is cast into the spotlight. They will not cease trying to have her removed from office. She went as far as giving up her assets to her kids, but it is not enough. What must she do next? Let the people of Guyana answer that one.
Interested citizen (name supplied)
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