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Guyana is raging, Guyana needs cooling
Editorial…
Kaieteur News- Flashpoints and danger spots were seemingly all across Guyana on Monday evening. Different areas of this troubled country erupted in a profusion of fires and madness. Some were just lurking in the ditches, waiting for the right moment to pounce and unleash mayhem. The questionable circumstances surrounding the death of 11-year-old Adriana Younge gave opportunity for frightening bursts of mob ugliness, with more rupturing in Guyana’s fragile social fabric. Once again, Guyana is on edge, and Guyanese worry about where the conflagrations could end up.
A child is not born, but dead, and the manner of her death deadened the little hope that was present in optimistic citizens. Nothing seems to hold fast, it helps us to get to a calm place. There is a sense of foreboding as to what could be in store for this country and its divided peoples, should all the restraints of civility become loosened at the same time. Just a few short hours ago, Guyanese were front row spectators to the simmering emotions that were building and building right beneath the surface placidness. What began as a good cause, gathering and supporting a family and a community in its time of loss and distress, quickly detonated into raging infernos all over, and the Guyana Police Force stretched everywhere. The Guyana Defence Force has been called out to help quell the rampant disturbances.
It is as though time came to a standstill, with Guyanese trapped in the 1960s, when the euphemism that emerged out of that turbulent period was of ‘disturbances.’ Back then, the British Army was sent out to restore order. Today, Guyanese have this weighty duty to sort out the woes that split them apart, the differences that just cannot be overcome, and a way to bring them together. The local police, with a hand from the local army, are at the forefront of stabilizing the situation on the ground. There is so much more that needs to be done, and must be done immediately, to purge the atmosphere of its destructive poisons. Guyana needs cooling, a batch of that soothing balm.
The harsh and abusive talk from the top must cease immediately. It is disrespectful and fosters disrespect in ordinary Guyanese for one another. A society, rich or poor, on the move or stuck in whatever dark pit that it finds itself, needs men and women consistently respecting each other, sharing honesty, listening to each other, and working for ways to mend this broken and shattered country. A child is gone, a neighbourhood is emotionally afire, and this country eats away at itself, as provoked by its self-destructive tendencies. What Guyanese need most at this time is the reassurance that the temperature is being cooled, that a different kind of recovery is underway. Because there are those with the keys in their hands, who are working towards peace and security and not vulgar political ends.
The last thing that we at this paper look for today, or point to, is who is most responsible. We are all responsible, to some extent. We are all culpable, in ways large and small. When we are silent about wrongs, we are partners in the coverups. When we support the damage unleashed in many areas, then we are part of the rush to great self-harm. When we quietly applaud those who divide us, then we are for those who should be first-class citizens, who should be second-class (or lower), and all the troubles that flow from such a situation, such a self-made predicament. All Guyanese, regardless of their testimonials and credentials, must have a strong sense that they have a place in this country, that they count and they belong, and that they are being treated equitably. If not, then this country is going nowhere, but to many more repetitions of what was witnessed in the bottom half of this Monday just gone.
Leaders have a most demanding role to deliver amidst ashes, fears, and hurts. Institutions must be said and seen to be professional, leaders trustworthy, while every citizen is a referee and contributor. Guyanese need cooling, not only to diminish the rage, but to move this country forward, upward.
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