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Time for condign action
Dear editor,
Again, there are reports in the media about threats to the life of the President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana.
These are indeed very serious and must heighten concerns about the safety of President David Granger, and by extension his family members.
Also, this is the third such incident, apart from the assassination plot that attracted a Commission of Inquiry that exposed a shockingly unbelievable approach that can only be described as cavalier, reckless, and wholly unprofessional.
No one should doubt the veracity of these reports, since the investigative authorities have been able to trace the sources, and the persons behind them.
However, they point to a particular trend, in terms of the mind-set of the persons identified, inherent of a peculiar ideological behaviour which forms part of that constituent’s thinking as to who must govern this country.
Editor, I am of the view that had a condign example been made of the first person who had issued such threats, those who followed subsequently would have thought twice before doing so.
I am not a legally trained person, nor do I pretend to be; but I still cannot fathom the reason for the first such reported case of issuing a threat to the president, in which the person had been charged under the Racial Hostility Act, escaping legal sanction.
It was interesting to note the trial magistrate’s ruling that … “the prosecution failed to illustrate how, …Facebook post breached any section of the Act which was used to institute the charges”. This conclusion, no doubt led to a dismissal of the charges against the defendant.
It would seem to me, then, that the automatic step was to have charged the accused under the appropriate law, under which I am certain a conviction would have been secured. I based this conclusion on the fact that there was existing evidence in the form of a Facebook posting, sufficient enough to substantiate any legal sanction. I do not believe that such an accused would have escaped the law in any other jurisdiction.
Then there was the other case involving a person already serving a custodial sentence. I am not aware if any further judicial action has been taken in this instance.
It should be clear as to the reasons behind these persons’ dangerous mind set, aided and abetted by an undoubted disrespect to the person of the President.
However long very serious action is not taken against such persons, others will continue. It is time for the law enforcement to act.
Regards
Earl Hamilton
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