We must always keep in mind, the atrocities of the PPP

Sep 03, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
It is said that we should not stare at a gnat and swallow a camel (Matt. 23: 24). Someone sent me a message recently that contained a multiplication table that was placed on the board by a teacher of which the first item was incorrect. The students were laughing her to scorn over the error. She told them it was deliberate, so that they would learn that life was not fair. People would look at the one error they committed and ignore all the other good things they were doing.
In relation to Guyana, I can understand that we are quite paranoid now, having endured tremendous abuse from the former administration which is now the Opposition. I can understand also that some of what the new administration does would not sit well with some of us, including me. However, I understand that there are competing issues that have to be addressed, so I try to be tolerant.
What is most amazing to me though is the self-righteousness of the Opposition who committed so many sins while they were the government, and which today they side-step answering to, when questioned about some of the atrocities which are in fact a cross being borne by the current administration.
What is even more amazing is how our memories can be so easily tricked that we drink in and promote what they say. They seem to have become our mouthpiece, spreading their propaganda about things for which they were the architect! It seems to me that for our laziness in thinking for ourselves, we deserved them, and if we continue to not objectively play our part, we will have them back! It would serve us right!
I can understand our paranoia, having endured in silence, the corrupt practices for those twenty-three years. Some paranoia is good. We should check things, we should speak up and keep the new government on its toes, so that they do not become like the monstrous government that preceded them. However, like the abused citizens that we were, we need healing from that previous era, or we will become a hindrance rather than a help in righting the wrongs committed by the previous administration.
We are the ones who kept silent for the twenty-three years. It doesn’t mean that we have to object all the time now or we will be aiding the former administration, the Opposition in continuing to ensure that the environment facilitates the underhand activities that were a major and unhelpful portion of our development. It is not fair for us to take our twenty-three year suffering out on the new government. We may find ourselves back in that evil twenty-three year period if we do not try to be intelligent in our thinking. If we fail to take the time to assess things for ourselves, we will hinder our own development, and further promote the mental/psychological abuse which was fostered during that era.
Do not allow those who skewed our development to manipulate us now with their self-righteousness. Allow your minds to recall the horror of the twenty-three years, when they enriched their friends and families to the extent that there is a tremendous amount of mess that has to be cleaned first, before we can see the results we would like to have. It cannot happen overnight. Twenty-three years cannot be reversed overnight. Please don’t allow evil to continue to destroy us for their personal gain.
Rosemarie Terborg Davis

1 thoughts on “We must always keep in mind, the atrocities of the PPP”

Surujpaul Rampersaud September 3, 2016 at 1:01 pm

In the same vein we must never forget the twenty eight years of PNC atrocities. You may be to young to recall this but I do. Your call should have been for all Guyanese to oppose any attempt by government to over reach and abuse power.