Dear Editor,
It is time to take off the gloves and get real. Hakeem Jeffries is only involved in Guyana politics because he represents Brooklyn, NY and lots of Afro-Guyanese live, vote, and work there. If he were running in Richmond Hill, Queens, he would have taken a completely different view of Guyanese politics, because that is a heavily-populated Indian area.
So, he has no real conviction; it is all politics and politricks. In any case, he should be more concerned about his own US politics, as with Trumpism and the rise of the powerful white Republican machine, people of colour are being marginalised, and their voting and living rights are being destroyed daily.
Less said about Rickford Burke, whom I have known all his life. He is ambitious, an opportunist, trying to feather his own bed in the US. He is also a racist, and cares nothing about “One Guyana”; the more divisions he can create and nurture, the better for him. He has no real interest in Guyana, except as a platform. He has attached himself to Jeffries so he can rise with him. But Mr. Jeffries, when you lie with dogs, you rise with fleas.
Now the Americans have seen through the lies and deceit of Jeffries, Burke, Norton and the PNC, and confusion reigns. The PNC are only concerned about racism and shared governance when they are in opposition.
Regards,
Paul Belfield, NY
