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Was Vishnu Bisram in hibernation during the rule of the PPP?
Dear editor,
A letter in KN, August 20th, captioned “Political victimization in Guyana” completely blew me away on account of its truthfulness and relevance on our political landscape. It is no secret that Dr Bisram has been affiliated to the PPP, scores of articles written by him in support of the PPP is testimony to that. It is ironic that while “political victimization” was rampant in the reign of the PPP, Dr Vishnu did not recognize it or did not find it necessary to pen a missive about political victimization in Guyana during the reign of the PPP.I would rather suspect that Dr Bisram was afraid of becoming a victim himself for penning anything in the vicinity of“ Political victimization in Guyana” in the PPP reign or at that time he felt the PPP was doing the right thing -silencing dissidence.
Time changes opinion, even harlots give up on their profession after a while for want of a better way!
Dr Vishnu wrote, ”People worry that they could become victimised by the directorates of the political parties for giving opinions that are not in sync with their party leadership or government. In short, people, business persons in particular, have become victims of political speech – which is a crime related to political oppression.” Dr Vishnu had to be in hibernation during the rule of the PPP!
What about the victimization of professional people? Bisram is still not prepared to shed a tear for these victims- the likes of Maurice Arjoon for refusing to lend NBS monies to the Berbice Bridge, Freddie Kissoon dismissed from UG for being critical of the PPP, Leonard Ghildarie of Kaieteur being threatened by a Minister for working at a news agency that he felt was critical to the PPP. There is a reason for everything! Bisram wrote, “Many expressed the view that while during colonialism, people blamed the white man for all their ills, after independence, people tend to be worse off (socio-politically) than when the white man governed them.” I am in this group, I don’t give a flying fish who thinks I am being unpatriotic. The story of the white man taking away our resources as a justification for independence was a farce. Now our politicians are giving away our resources in unscrupulous contract arrangements that only seems to benefit the politicians. All the working class gets are a few jobs in return. Patriotism is not inherent by right of birth, it has to be nurtured by the state-the state has been conveniently subterfuge by aggressive govts that victimizes dissenting ideas since independence.
After conducting so many polls in Guyana, the pollster finally got his eureka moment, “Many spoke of being insulted, of intimidation and of threats by individuals from their own party who are in leadership positions and who could become or are government officials. There is a scent of blood waiting for an opportunity to exact revenge on someone for speaking against wrong doings. Such behavior should not be allowed in our democracy. It becomes a kind of mob rule. Politics and government is about serving humanity not victimising people.” Bisram’s words!
Better late than never, Dr Bisram.
Yours Respectfully,
Rudolph Singh
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