Dear Editor,
Chief Justice (ag), Roxane George, ruled that President Irfaan Ali did not violate the Constitution when he appointed Deputy Commissioner of Police Clifton Hicken to act as Guyana’s Police Commissioner. This did not surprise anyone because, at the national, regional and international levels, all communities have grown accustomed to the PNC’s “vexatious and abuse of the process of the court”. This dishonourable reaction is now a norm and is an engrained expectation. The Honourable Attorney-General, Mr. Anil Nandlall, posited about the Opposition: “They have this wrong and strong attitude, this approach of attempting to bully their way through any given matter.” Guyana and the world at large are cognisant of this PNC’s mantra and have seen through their misery and miserable ploy to deploy this dastardly tactic employed in each and every one of their manoeuvers. Mr. Nandlall summed up: “Each time they were caught red-handed, they became confrontational, rushing to the court.”
Seems as if, whipped thrice in a row by the CCJ did not teach the Opposition any lesson. But then, we are dealing with a stubborn party, and, Minister of Human Services and Social security, Dr. Vindhya Persaud did say: “Bullying raises its head in so many spaces and places. People are bullied all the time.” The PNC and some members are not ashamed of their barefacedness and unabashed behaviour and attitude. This trend channeled its way from the days of Burnhamism and has not lost course, the only difference is that, it has grown more in frequency, ferocity and frivolity. A new leader has only reignited the flame and is all bent on creating more mischief through this medium. The modicum of lies, deceits and propaganda are meant to intertwine their rationality to “try a ting” with the court at any given opportunity and at any given moment, regardless of time, cost and the damage.
This DNA has to be kept alive in order to maintain its statuesque. Mr. Norton’s outlandish remarks about the Voters List and his primitive attack for the call for the resignation of GECOM’s Chair, Justice Claudette Singh, only serve to undermine the integrity of respectability and underline his asinine regard for the election process. Again, refusing to shake hands in the open public simply demonstrates cowardice, animosity and lack of diplomacy. This truancy reflects his lack of sportsmanship, ungentlemanly aptitude and his poor sense of refined leadership quality. In hindsight, overall, he has portrayed his limited foresight of statesmanship, and, in so doing, he has encouraged the international community to consider him as an unfriendly, arrogant and conceited individual who is unworthy of setting any good example. Worse yet, his chance to govern this nation diminishes daily as he progresses to insult the integrity of this nation with his “Tom-foolery” behaviour and actions.
No wonder on a programme aired Monday night, another Coalition member displayed such bombastic attitude to reinforce the PNC’s dogma of unprincipled tenets. It was disgusting to say the least, to describe such profanity and, in addition, his relentless continuity of cynicism, mockery and his fixed sarcasm, influenced viewers to want to distance themselves from him, his party and his colleagues. Many were challenged to continue to be part of the spectacle and were desirable to switch programme. His uncontrolled and pervasive diatribe impeded his ability to converse with any deep commitment and responsibility for any positive analysis, clinically.
Enacting a scene dominated with the infusion of pollution, poison, and biasness, this venomous attack contributed towards the direct attempt to discredit the ruling government and party, its followers, and the many viewers and listeners, unsympathetic towards his alliance. An annoying smirk, fixed on his face, irritated all and sundry. All he succeeded to do during the entire programme was to expose the fallacy of a weak, demented and confused party, averse to any degree of requesting peace among all races, wanting progress for the nation’s development and genuinely wishing prosperity for all Guyanese.
One good thing, if any, which Guyanese can assimilate from that tragedy, is that, Guyanese are now more convinced that they do not want individuals with such characteristics to rule or govern them in any way in the near or far future. They became more determined to ensure that such derelicts are constrained from occupying any seat in the management of this country. All Guyanese are convicted in their beliefs that such maniacs are meant to be isolated in an institution far from the decency of sanity. Anyone who subscribed to the fact that 33 is not the major half of 65 is unqualified to be trusted with the safety and security of this nation.
Anyone who ascribed to the attempt to rig the election is untrustworthy to sit in Parliament. Anyone who approves of the behaviour of the eight banned Coalition MPs and sees nothing wrong with their conduct lacks integrity and cannot be adjudged as a person of defending justice. Anyone who insinuated the violence at Mon Repos and supported the criminal behaviour of the crowd or refuse to condemn such actions, condones injustice and is unfit to be a representative of any electoral constituency. Guyanese are being fed daily what is good for them to digest and what is bad for them to digress from. The PNC continues to shoot itself in the foot and head incessantly with its members’ outrageous behaviour.
Yours respectively,
Jai Lall