Japan's Abe was a great Leader

Japan’s Abe was a great Leader

Jul 11, 2022 Letters

Dear Editor,

It was a great shock to read that former Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated by a disgruntled man. That he was murdered by a gun in a country known for tranquil peace is unbelievable. In 2021, there was only one gun death in the country of 125M people as compared with the US with 47K gun related deaths. Abe worked very hard to boost bilateral relations with other countries including Russia, which fell out after the Ukraine war. Abe supported peaceful efforts to resolve conflicts. And he was supportive of democratic principles although I can’t remember whether Japan made statements on Guyana’s attempted electoral fraud of March 2020.
Abe walked away from political power at the height of his political popularity. Few leaders did or do that, certainly not in the Caribbean or Latin America or Africa.
No doubt, Abe was an outstanding leader, a great statesman, the likes of whom not seen in recent decades around the globe. He was liked in Asia and was seen as a giant of a leader who won hearts and minds of people in Asia, including the 1.35 billion people of India where he visited multiple times. He was a very humble man who engaged in local customs and practices of host countries, including performing aartee on the banks of the hoy Ganges River in Varanasi. He also put on the national male wear of host countries he visited in Southeast Asia.
Abe positioned Japan as a responsible developed nation. He did not venture into war although he supported peace making missions in Africa.
Abe’s economic reforms are a significant feature of his unparalleled legacy. Abe’s policies turned around Japan’s economy from recession into the robust position it now occupies among developed countries. He was generous in foreign grants – assisting African and Latin-Caribbean countries including Guyana.
It is hoped that his legacy will live on and that Japan will continue to be generous in its grants to poor countries like Guyana.

Yours truly,
Vishnu Bisram

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