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What “geopolitics” Professor Narayan Persaud?

Jul 20, 2023 Letters

Dear Editor,

A rather pitiful response as to whether President Ali’s numerous overseas trips can benefit Guyana was penned by no other than a professor but the mere fact that he did not name the institution where he teaches is no surprise. In my letter, titled: “This government cannot be trusted”, I mentioned that the President trips to several countries have cost the taxpayers thousands of dollars, but they yield very little results to compensate for the enormous costs. The professor was not only critical of my letter but in his response, he said: “Anyone knowledgeable about geopolitics is astutely aware that international travel is extremely essential in establishing and formalizing relationships with other heads of state. Such travels, especially by President Irfan, is crucial if Guyana, a micro-state, and former colony, is to be integrated into the competitive arena of global economic relations.”

The professor’s statement is hogwash. What geopolitics is he talking about? To my knowledge, President Ali was not involved in any geopolitics discussion with heads of states. The learned or unlearned professor ought to know that in all the president trips, his primary focus was on climate change, food security, renewable sources of energy etc. And the countries he visited are Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Qatar, all of which are undemocratic and has not held national elections. The primary focus of the leaders of those countries is not geopolitics but how to suppress their populations and hold on to power. For example, in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, people are regularly physically abused by the religious police for any minor dress code infraction, not to mention frequent beheadings!

The mere fact that Professor Narayan Persaud sees nothing wrong in the spending of such huge sums of Guyanese dollars on overseas trips without any tangible benefits, and worse yet, does not know what the meaning of the terms ‘chief honcho and de facto’ shows that he is a nutty professor in fool’s paradise. God help the students he teaches and the institution that employs him.

Yours truly,

Leyland Chitlall Ropopnaraine

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