Was the flag raising schedule changed to accommodate the ‘Stink and Dutty J’ouvert’?

Jun 03, 2018 Letters

Dear Editor,

Now that the events have ended, permit me to comment on the ‘Stink and Dutty J’ouvert’ event that took place in the night of 25th May, 2018. Editor, this event was scheduled on what is usually the night that Guyanese witness the hoisting of the national flag to mark our Independence anniversary.
Editor, was this event the reason that things changed this year? Was the event the reason that the midnight flag raising was cancelled? Why was the midnight flag raising really moved to 2:00PM in the afternoon?
The reports in the local newspapers about emails from Basil Williams, the Attorney General, about promoting certain events come to mind. The email said that the PNC’s re-election committee decided to support several entertainment shows with foreign artistes to win back support especially from youth because the PNC believed that “this will help to motivate the younger voting population” at the elections. Is this why the midnight flag raising was changed? I raise this question because the PNC were given scores of free tickets for distribution by the entertainers.
The reports in the local newspapers also talked about Joseph Harmon, the Minister of State, engaging Churches on the need for the religious community to play a bigger role in society. He talked about “an increase in goodness and righteousness in our society, in moral re-armament” in Guyana. Was Joseph Harmon being serious about moral re-armament? How does something named ‘Stink and Dutty’ come in line with moral re-armament? But this is just my view. The main issue, Editor, is that the flag raising ceremony timings were changed.

I, like many other Guyanese, expected better of President David Granger, since he is the kind of man who would prefer to be in Church on Old Year’s night instead of at a party.

Brian Azore

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