The government used its majority in the National Assembly last night to approve the passage of a motion that commends the joint services for bringing an end to the reign of Rondel ‘Fineman’ Rawlins and his gang, and which pushes for initiatives that supports the security forces.
The House was clearly divided on the motion, which was moved by Minister of Home Affairs, Clement Rohee.
Twenty members abstained and 22 voted in favour. In recognizing the efforts of the joint services, the motion communicates praises for the demolition of Rawlins’ gang and clears way for the administration to offer suitable tokens of appreciation.
Opposition members, while commending the work of the joint services, rejected the motion on the premise that it is celebratory in the face of a continued murderous onslaught in the country, and that it creates an impression that people are secure following the deaths of Rawlins and Jermaine ‘Skinny’ Charles on August 28 during a joint services operation. They argued that accountability and transparency are what the joint services needs as opposed to a motion that seeks to offer them payments among other things.
Opposition Leader Robert Corbin referred to the motion as “political gamesmanship” saying that the government has no genuine concern for the security situation in the country. He said it was an insult to the house for the government to move such a motion when no commission of inquiry was conducted to determine the role of all involved in the killings that had plagued the nation within recent years, particularly the massacres at Lusignan, Bartica and Lindo Creek. He added that government can demonstrate that it is behind the joint services by raising salaries and improving working conditions while instituting measures for greater accountability.
Rohee hailed it as a “red letter” motion saying it comes at time when the nation is rid of the murderous Rawlins and his gang which had perpetrated a string of atrocities in the land with a tally of some fifty deaths hanging over their heads.
He cited the Lusignan, Bartica and Lindo Creek massacres as dark moments in the country’s history that Rawlins and his gang were linked to. He also said that the gang went to the extreme of beheading an Agricola resident a few years ago.
AFC MP Raphael Trotman, in opposing the motion, argued that the act of engaging in payments to the joint services, given the circumstances, can result in officers turning into bounty hunters who set out to hunt and kill people like animals.
But government said that the country faced testing times for years while Rawlins and his gang were operating and that a sense of relief was felt throughout the land after their deaths, adding that it is important to congratulate the joint services for a job well done but not yet complete.
Donald Ramotar said a situation had erupted in the country like never before seen during the reign of the gang, adding that the Joint Services had to confront criminals of a certain kind; criminals who he said held the village of Buxton hostage as they executed various heinous crimes. He said the gunmen even targeted police officers stating that more officers died during that period than ever before in recent memory.
The motion also allows for the national assembly to pay particular attention to conducting activities and programmes that are designed to foster greater public confidence, and support for the men women in the joint services.
OK. Now that the Administration has had their fun, it is time to go to work. Fineman and his gang are gone, but crimes are being committed with illegal guns everyday in the streets of our country. What is Rohee and his Commish(AG) are going to do about it? The situation with backtracking is too “technical” for him to address. What then is he going to address, do they have a plan? If so, when it is going to revealed? We want to know. People want to come home to a safe place.
Fulano de tal, each man has to arm himself with his own candle to be able to find the truth, it seems that everytime we start seeing a little into the situation, someone turns off the light trying to leave us in complete darkness. You suggest that who supported ‘fine man’ should be investigated. You had better light your own candle to go in search of that information. Someone will probably try to blow it out as you go along. That is what is happening right now, someone wants things to remain hidden.
Why rejoice when a life is lost, taken away or snuffled out by the joint services? Is the government encouraging the joint services to kill anyone which they have deem criminals especially their brothers? No one knows whether or not Mr. Rallins was at any of the crime scenes and was involved in all of the crimes which the police said he was responsible for, there are no videos evidence, no witnesses or anything to prove these claims.Ballistics tests have always proved (according) to the police that fineman was responsible for every crime (what nonsense). Rallins had ample time to get a video camera and record something so that the public could have known whats really going on. Now we are all clueless, on judgement day nuff people are gonna cry.
We must all Cry and Lament when a notorious criminal is pulverised by the Joint Forces/Services,
and Rejoice/applaud/jubilate when Innocent Kids and hard working Men and Women, are mercilessly massacared/snuffed of existance, by those infamous criminals..
Which judgement day you are speaking of the Coming of the LORD, or yours?
You all know my feelings about this government’s ability to do anything right…they should all resign, leave the country and in the process take the PNC with them.
Is that because they are both not serving any purpose?? Why dont good ppl like you come back to Guyana and let’s build a better country for the future together.
you know its getting redundant on this blog site no offence to stab/news you did a great job of creating this blog site for us guyanese to communicate from
different parts of the world, but the problem is that the same thing is said over and over with the same bloggers, if we start blogging about x/mas it always end up with racial comments everything is race there is no common ground between
the two major races, the only time i see a little agreement between africans and
indians is about suriname WHY?
That’s some million dollar question that has to be answered, Torbo.
Do you think that a few of the excellent blogs that we see hear periodically, will or can help shape public policy or even cause some to “think outside the box”? It boggles the mind that reasonable, intelligent people can get along in the simple areas of life and then just out of the blue, they seem to take leave of their senses.
Guyanese, like any other citizen of this earth, have to realise the “power” they wield to make their own lives better and more meaningful. While politics impact on that quality of life we live each day, it doesn’t mean that we have to look to our politicians for ALL THE SOLUTIONS.
Take for instance something as innocuos as that dump matter in Lodge. If the residents decided to engage in some civic disobedience, like forming human chains across the dump entrance, daring the dump truck drivers to run over them, you bet they (truck drivers) would want to do that.
Shoddy service at our public and private hospitals resulting in unwarranted deaths and a myriad of other societal problems citizens can be proactive and don’t have to await the intervention of neither the Administration, nor the Opposition.
My opinion is that, bottom line, the majority of our people have lost their moral compass and those who still possess it are too scared raise their voices.
Torbo, Guyana needs a MESSIAH, NOW!!!!!!!!!!
What are you celebrating and why are you saying that the people are secure ?
I guess that Pharrot Bagdeo and Climate Dohee have lost their minds and are talking a lot of foolishness. I am aware that I change their names fellow bloggers but I think that the name change suits them very well, because what they are doing is stupid. If an increase in their salary will help them to do their jobs to the best of their ability, I would agree with that but giving them money for killing fineman and skinny oh no, they are being paid to Protect the citizens and to do a job that is required to take lives if it comes to that. i know that a few people would not agree with me in saying that but that is the job of a policeman so it is what it is.
I have no problem with the House passing a motion lauding the Joint Services fir ebding the reign of Fineman and his gang, but how come the House didn’t pass a motion lauding the chase and capture of Guyana’s alleged notorious drug baron and murder conspirator, Roger Khan?
You see the hypocrisy here?
What sense of relief is Mr. Rohee talking about?
The Agricola resident who was beheaded was a known drug dealer and robberman that caused many whoes in his village and afar. The Joint services did nothing about this, probably because they were getting paid to ignore this!
Why did the government allow all of these killings; LUSIGNAN, BARTICA, AGRICOLA AND CHRISTMAS FALLS, when from the inception they have in their possession the sophisticated spy equipment that belong to their friend ROGER KHAN, or does it really belong to ROGER KHAN, could have been used to find these alleged killers?
How come ‘fine man’ was killed and there was no evidence of the artillery he was poported to have t his disposal found?
Why can’t we as a nation accept that the PPP government has been a failure and will continue to fail our nation?
Why don’t those who speak of democracy and freedom in Guyana lift their heads out of the sand and see the realities the nation is faced with on a daily basis; that is how the PPP runs the country, on a daily basis?
Please could someone tell me?
fine man dead . yes yes yeah u people should buzz off medals to d js. all of them .
SandHurst First:
Thanks for the invitation to return to Guyana but I must respectfully decline.. To return would mean that I may have to sever ties with my wife of over 40 years as she, a Guyanese of East Indian extract, has indicated to me on many occasions (as recent as last night) that if I ever returned to Guyana permanently I would be doing so alone. I have no desire to leave the love of my life, and by extension my children, specially now that I am in the twilight of my existence.
I will, therefore, remain at arms length and provide whatever advice I can via this media and hope that it inspires the younger Guyanese generation to come together for the betterment of the country and to do whatever it legally takes to rid it (the country ) of the two political parties that have equal shares in the way that the population is now polarized.
malaika well put, that is why i took a break from blogging same thing all the
time but i hope the american election with barack obama would enlighten the
ppp supporters here in the usa and canada and just maybe their mind would
be able to accept a good human being who have the capability to govern a
country with an agenda for all the people , look at the trini’s they have the ability
to kick out a corrupt govt. and vote in someone who they think can put their
country on the right track and if he dont deliver he is out like south and replace
by some one else .. happy diwali my friends