Mischief may be both positive or negative

Mar 10, 2024 Letters

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Dear Editor,

“Mischief, thou art afoot, take thou what course thou wilt.” This famous line was scripted for Mark Anthony in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” and delivered at Caesar’s cremation site. Anthony had implied that he had set a plot and now, it will take its course and express itself. Mischief as it is may be both negative or positive and harmful or innocent.

In a world caught up with a network of warfare imbroglio, there are scavengers and predators waiting for the least opportunity to inflict painful wounds for personal gains. In the words of North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, “Our army …… steadily intensify the actual war drills aimed at rapidly improving its combat capabilities for perfect war preparations.”

Some mind-boggling issues at home and abroad are stunningly mysterious and startlingly miraculous. The dumbfounding eye-openers are shocking but yet, not surprising. These infractions are causing catastrophic consequences and as a result, there are tremendous social and economic upheavals both on the local and global stage.

Those ultimately responsible are reckless and heartless who care less about the effects on people and the place. They are blinded by greed, jealousy, power and wealth while having scant respect for the law. Deaths and damages are the inevitability of eventualities. Loss of time and money are casualties of circumstances and moral behaviour is questionable.

A quick look at Haiti will confirm that gang violence is destroying a country and leaving the people devastated. There has been an unprecedented change in the frequency of government administration which has provided gross instability. The struggle for political power is leaving a streak of deaths and depression. Tension has heightened since thousands of incarcerators have escaped from a recent jail break. The country cannot develop and remains the poorest in the hemisphere. Stakeholders are calling for an Election in the midst of a safety problem where the lives of Haitians are unsecured and there is a grave need for emergency aid.

CARICOM Chair and Guyana’s President Dr. Irfaan Ali said, “The situation is complex, with many moving parts. It is compounded by the absence of key institutions functioning, such as the presidency and parliament.” The UN Security Council need to urgently intervene and provide immediate assistance. The people are victims of an entrenched society.

The recent strike called by the Guyana Teachers Union and responded to by less than half of the teachers in the country is viewed as political. The strike was unwarranted since there was ongoing negotiations between the Government and the Union and more than fifty percent of their demands were satisfied.

Since coming into power, the Government has granted yearly salary increases and last year saw a revised incremental package instituted to upgrade the teacher’s scale, both trained and untrained. Today, the teachers and union are back to square one. It was an avoidable situation but not all teachers are, sadly, educators. While some “teachers” are spelling, some students are reading. The children lost valuable time and tutoring. They are casualties of short-sightedness and selfishness.

The unending sufferings unleashed by the murderers from the Hamas/Israel madness, is an appropriation of human rights and respect. People from both sides die uselessly and are scarred for life from the guerrilla warfare. History is on their side to reflect religious fantasy and fanaticism. The irreparable damage will be inherited by generations to come and memories will not be easy to eradicate or erase. Both sides will be unable to figure how to forget and forgive and so uncivilized behaviour will cycle a future of untamed ferociousness. Unfortunately, the children will be witnesses to a replay from a savaged era.

A quick look at the 2020 Election fraud trial reflects a trail of troubled water, visited by vexatious players, mudded with muddled frivolities, tampered with timely interruptions, contaminated with concentrated delays, polluted with political influences, poisoned with potent stakeholders, overflowing with overwhelming evidences and manipulated with premeditated motives. It is glaringly apparent that the deliberation of the derailed case is precariously perched on “justice delayed is justice denied.” The Judiciary and Magistracy are the transparent enablers of a “stalled game” playing with a dictated slow-motion pace!

Former US President, Donald Trump, is back in the 2024 presidential race to challenge the incumbent, Democratic Joe Biden. This is as a result of Nikki Haley ending her White House bid when she dropped out as a Republican frontrunner. Trump is facing numerous criminal charges and was engaged in the insurrection or rebellion against the Constitution of the United States during the 2020 upheaval at the White House. The world is keenly looking at the defenders of democracy who once entertained the denial for rules and regulations. His supporters are guilty of approving sanctimonious behaviour, are advocators for the promotion and encouragement of civil disobedience and rebels of law and order.

The Freedom House escapade last Wednesday confirmed the continuous onslaught of propaganda by the dissident perpetrators. Again, this motivated execution was engineered by a select planned force, elected to create rascality, disorder and confusion. The plot thickens as election knocks on the door. Obvious politicians are again agents of contortions and skulduggery.

The Ukraine/Russian war is a forefront for human indignity, propelled by a leader consumed with an elusive dream and leading an army engulfed in royal guilt but loyal to an unjust cause. The innocent people are hand-cuffed prisoners of unscrupulousness and subjected to an invasion of insanity.

As all these wrongdoings prevail in a global society permitted by human errors, weaknesses and limitations, these atrocities may only multiply because mankind shun these problems and continue to lend support to the afflicters whether directly or indirectly.

Yours respectfully,

Jai Lall.

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