Some questions for David Hinds about the Coalition Govt.

Oct 14, 2016 Letters

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Dear Editor,
Please allow me to comment on Dr. Hinds’ article; “Most corrupt PPP has outmaneuvered most inexperienced Govt. of our time” When did Dr. Hinds become aware of the “inexperience” of APNU/AFC? Is Dr. Hinds admitting that the current government is in a state of, not only incompetence, but also dereliction, since it is subject to “being outmaneuvered” by the PPP?
Dr. Hinds suggests that the PPP has managed to maintain control of the government, despite having lost the 2015 election, and the people of Guyana were duped into believing that they had achieved “change.” I read, with interest, the comments of the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs, The Honorable Basil Williams.
Mr. Williams claims that the process to acquire lands in Georgetown was started by the PPP. The Honorable Attorney General, Mr. Basil Williams was incapable of rescinding this decision of the PPP, assuming it did exist. Mr. Anil Nandlall has since refuted this claim. Does this instruct the people of Guyana as to the quality of the functions of Mr. Williams? In which of the situations, should the people question his position as Attorney General, or rather, his ability to think and act logically?
Would Dr. Hinds agree that Mr. Williams has volunteered his ability to be outmaneuvered by The PPP? Was the award to BK International/Tiwari, and subsequent statement that such award may be repeated, find their origins in the Halls of Freedom House? As I understand, The PPP was certainly not “a friend” of BK. Dr. Hinds stated, “serious political observers have begun to ask the inevitable question—how did this happen?”
How did Dr. Hinds arrive at this conclusion? Did he poll “serious political observers”? If so, who are these “serious political observers?” Mr. Editor, I would like to comment on a statement Mr. Moses Nagamootoo made in the past: Mr. Nagamootoo stated that Guyana’s problems were the result of twenty-three years of PPP’s governance? Would Mr. Nagamootoo tell us, for how many of those years, was he a member of that party? Would he then share a proportional responsibility for those twenty-three years? Or, may we ask; was Mr. Nagamootoo’s statement an indication of an act of outmaneuvering executed by the PPP?
Dr. Hinds claimed; “the PPP, from the first days of the new government, launched a race-driven “ethnic cleansing” campaign against the government and has kept it going up to this day.” Mr. Editor, Dr. Hinds may have no recollection of the period during which members of the PPP were being granted political asylum, by the Canadian government. Such was the action of the PNC, that Canada deemed it necessary to grant political refuge to Guyanese. It was during the time of the PNC’s illegal acquisition of the government/governance of Guyana that the Guyana Defense Force, the Guyana Police force and the Public Service became, almost entirely, dominated by PNC supporters.
Dr. Hinds states, as follows “The PPP took that line….., The PPP knows….., they (the PPP) know….., the PPP also knows….”Dr. Hinds must have greater insight into the PPP than the PPP has into itself. Dr. Hinds is an academic, endowed with quite amazing abilities. I must state that there are some senior PPP-installed government officials whose services should have been terminated from the day APNU/AFC assumed power.
I would also argue that some of those, appointed to senor positions in the current governments, should have been “fired.” This includes, among others, Mr. Harmon, Mr. Trotman and Dr. Norton. However, we observe President Granger rising to their defense. These must be characterized as acts of “outmaneuvering” by the PPP which calls into question, the Presidency itself.
We must remember that the PPP did not pursue the PNC for its twenty-eight years of indiscretions and the subjugation of an entire country. My suspicion became and remains unchanged that the PPP did not pursue the PNC because they (the PPP) were about to embark on similar indiscretions, while governing the country, on a mandate granted to it by the People of Guyana, a mandate which the PNC never had.
Again, Mr. Editor, it appears that the APNU/AFC will fail to act against the PPP, for fear that, in the event that the PPP prevails in a future election, they, the PPP, will not “seek vengeance” against the APNU/AFC government. Mr. Editor, it seems that the Guyanese people are not merely a ping-pong ball being driven back and forth by a racket, but rather a soccer ball being kicked all over the field.
Dr. Hinds wrote: “the PPP was so confident that it could not lose power, that it did not hide its transgressions.” Had this been true, then the audits would have been necessary to discern the extent of the transgressions and formulate the evidence needed for legal action. However, the audits were quite revealing, of several transgressions, of which the general public was unaware. It is my opinion that there was not much that the PPP could have done to hide its acts of indiscretions. Any competent auditor would have ferreted out such acts and there were many.
Dr. Hinds wrote: “The PPP knows that this government is not corrupt and does not promote corruption.” What a revelation! Go tell it on the mountains. Or should I say “…to the mountains.” May I ask Dr. Hinds some additional question?
Dr. Hinds, did the APNU/AFC, in its campaign for the 2015 elections, inform the people that they (the people), were actually electing a questionable set of politicians, who would be persuaded from expressing their true nature, by a massive increase in their emoluments? Does the increased burden of the politicians’ salary, on the tax payers of Guyana, allow you to claim that this government is not corrupt? Finally, a note to Dr. Hinds: Politicians are awarded a mandate to govern, based on the exercise of the democratic right of the people to choose their representatives, through the ballot box, not for their ability to competently and honestly manage the people’s affairs.
Zamir

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