Will the PPP regime and its police genuinely address the scourge of domestic violence

Jan 04, 2024 Letters

Dear Editor,

As long as we have leaders who do not respect the value of women, our nation’s females will continue to be slaughtered at the hands of men. Any society that cannot put mechanisms in place to reduce such unacceptable and abhorrent form of murder and brutality against women must be seen as a society that enables it.

Ours is a society that upkeep negative and destructive cultures and subcultures because we came and met them; Jamaicans have a saying. ‘is suh the ting set.’ I say we have the power to reset; the ability to change that which eats away at the soul of our society. Some would say, ‘corruption deh before meh mother and her mother’s time, we caan stop it.’ What a defeatist mentality. We can bring about changes in the moment we are given the opportunities and power bestowed upon us. Our unwillingness is glaring because of the convenience and benefits to be had from us continuing along the same old rugged and beastly road.

A man murders a young woman and a few calls are made to well placed people and he is allowed to leave the country. The woman has no value in Guyana so Interpol is not called in, no effort to seek extradition and the case, if there was any at all in the first place, has gone cold. Millions are being spent to send law enforcement overseas to summons a political activist that has not punched someone muchless murdered anyone but a man can kill a nurse and two girl children in the most horrific way and the police has not released a press statement in relation to the progress being made to solve those murders.

Women are not property; in relationships including marriage, they are not owned. In Western societies such as the one I live in. Your partner or wife can choose to take another into your martial bed and you dare not touch her. You can call the police to your own home and they can ask you to leave because of any risk to her safety. They are not concerned with her decision to be unfaithful, they are concerned about her safety and her value as a woman and person and that is paramount. She can do whatever she wishes with her body. She can break or betray any commitment and you dare not touch her because the consequences will be dire for you. She is an individual first. They do not consider any moral discussion in such instances. If you commit suicide because you found a man with her in your bed, she has no legal consequences to face. You touch her and it is a completely different reality for you.

The culture of ownership and control is steeped in the halls of our government and many in government get away with abuse of women. It is the mindset of our leaders in relation to women and how they value them that caused Dharamlall to be a free man, today.

Women in power in Guyana must be held responsible too. In a world where the impact of the Me 2 movement is known and where powerful and famous men are stripped of their wealth and jailed for the abuse of women, whether such abuse happened yesterday or decades ago, we have Minister Priya Manickchand silent on the slaughter of female teachers, nurses and other women in Guyana and she is not alone. She is more concerned about her friendship with former PPP minister, Dharamlall.

Our nation’s so called progress under the current government is seen through the lens of high rise buildings, highways and new roads. The dangers and darkness that envelope vulnerable women in Guyana are so horrific that if we watch such on a big screen we would faint. If a female government minister is murdered by a man tomorrow, there will be a huge outcry not because she is a woman but because she is a government functionary and that is very unfortunate. Will the PPP regime and its police genuinely address this scourge? I think not.

Sincerely,

Norman Browne

Social and Political Activist

Domestic violence, Norman Browne, police, PPP, Social and Political Activist

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