Speaker showed weakness during the Mace grab

Jan 03, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,
The Speaker of the National Assembly showed weakness in dealing with the acts by some Opposition “MP’s” during the ruckus in parliament when they tried to steal the Mace and behaved in cruel and disorderly conduct, unbecoming actions of lawmakers.
This was not far from the January 6th, 2021 uprising in the United States Congress when Donald Trump’s die-hard supporters stormed the building, except that this dastardly act in Guyana was committed by “elected” MPs.
These MPs should have been immediately ejected from the sitting of Parliament and have the necessary suspension put in effect later on. By the way, where were the Parliamentary security? And, how did the MPs gain access to the control room in order to detach the cables?
When a British MP touched the Mace during the Brexit debate, that MP was immediately ejected from the House and then suspended thereafter.
When are government officials going to stop allowing themselves to be bullied by some people who think that it is their God given right to rule and pillage the country? I ask of these fellow country men and women: if you want to rule this country, please win a Free and Fair election.
Hasn’t LFS Burnham done enough damage to this country? It may be time to bring back the Westminster System of Parliament where each MP gets elected to represent a certain Riding or Constituency, instead of the PR system where anyone is appointed from a “list of candidates”.
How many countries use the PR system in the world?
Mr. Speaker, please show some guts and decisiveness the next time something similar happens, and there will be a next time.
As they say “Lead, Follow, or Get Out of the Way”.
Regards,
Rahman Mohammed

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