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How can anyone come to the conclusion that a dictatorship is in the making?
DEAR EDITOR,
I am compelled to comment on a letter published this week under the name Aryan Ghosh. Though it appears to be one made up for letter writing purposes, it was nevertheless carried and needs a response.
It is clear that the writer is a PPP supporter. The individual referred to a slew of ills he thinks and says have been and are being committed by the Coalition Government, including the appointments of ex-senior military officers to high state positions or to conduct commissions of inquiry among other tasks assigned to them from time to time.
Let me say this now. Government is right to do so. As many will know, the state has spent millions on these officers from around age 18 when they enlist on the cadet course and similar amounts in training and exposure opportunities over the decades until they retire at the ripe young age of 55.
Having said this, what should the state do with these patriots who were trained by the state at high expense once they retire? Allow them to roam, leave the country, serve other nations or engage in idleness? I prefer that they be gainfully employed at home to pay back a nation, which has invested so much in them. Many are still able-bodied.
We must not forget the fact that the PPP had itself appointed many ex-military officers to high positions during its time in office.
The writer also suggests that Guyana as a country is heading to dictatorship similar to the situation in Venezuela. He must be losing it big time.
That person must know that this is an unfair assessment of what is taking place in Guyana today. During the time of the PPP, there were no local government elections from the mid ‘90s until after governments had changed in 2015. And, I hear that another round is scheduled for November and general elections are in 2020 as we all know.
Also, GECOM is preparing for house to house registration to ensure that the voters’ list is clean. How on earth then can anyone come to the conclusion that a dictatorship is in the making? This is so unreasonable.
Regards,
Earl Hamilton
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