The PNC's bullying tactics knows no bounds

The PNC’s bullying tactics knows no bounds

Feb 20, 2021 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,

They say a picture is worth a thousand words and that’s precisely what took place when I viewed the footage of The PNC’s protest action at Parliament. It was a despicable display of sheer lawlessness in immeasurable proportions that one has to stop and give a long sickening sigh. At first, I really wanted to disprove what I was actually seeing, probably thinking that my vision was somewhat failing me or whether the videographer was just being histrionic or something of that nature. But closer scrutiny of the video revealed just what was portrayed there, a senior parliamentarian from the opposition scaling the police barrier and kicking the officer in his head during the process.
This was a reprehensible act judging it from any standard and was I the officer being assaulted in such a shameful way, I would have arrested that parliamentarian and have him charged forthwith. But this is not the case, instead the opposition is now demanding an apology from the police for his foolish actions, interesting! So why is the Opposition so belligerent? This we shall delve into.
Now, you have to realize where this person is coming from. He was just rehashing an age-old dogma of the party where they claim ownership and control of the armed forces and as such, they can do whatever pleases them. It was Desmond Hoyte who emphatically repeated that, “The police and the army are my kith and kin.” So, whether it was an accident in him kicking the officer, that is immaterial to the argument, he could have brazenly scaled the barrier and confronted the lawman from the known standpoint of the “kith and kin” theory. The parliamentarian probably knew fully well that he could commit such an atrocity and get away with it.
So, while the party is steeped in that bullying and thuggish mode, their mindless friends are holding out for their comrade in a series of never ending excuses. The PNC Apologists claim that the PPP/C while in opposition did a lot of things so the parliamentarian ought to be given a free pass on this one. The shallow excuse of “the things the PPP/C did”, we are yet to be apprised of, so I quickly drew up the following scenario.
Let us switch roles and place a Bharrat Jagdeo at the scene and picture him scaling a police barricade and accidentally kicking that very same officer? Would that officer be so calm about it, or greater still, would the PNC accept that sort of display from Jagdeo? I think not. So, if we cannot countenance that foolishness from a Jagdeo, why should we accept it from any parliamentarian?

Respectfully submitted,
Neil Adams

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