Dear Editor,

Respect seems to be the key word in the ongoing saga of the President Bharrat Jagdeo/Gordon Moseley war of words.

But  all those who feel Moseley disrespected Jagdeo with his choice of words and tone of letter published in the press, including Parvati Persaud-Edwards, the other day,  must ask themselves whether the President’s behaviour over the years has served to preserve the dignity and respect expected from someone holding such high office?

Consider that Mr Jagdeo lowered himself into another crass display unbecoming of a Head of State when he thought it wise to engage in a ‘buse out’ with a member of the public when questioned about torture of Guyanese by the country’s joint service members and the low standard of education, at  York College in New York, at  a public forum during the recent conference of Caricom leaders in the Big Apple. Jagdeo’s outrage was perpetrated from the stage where he sat with the other Prime Ministers who were clearly  embarrassed.  Not to mention the Guyanese nationals in the audience.

Consider that Mr Jagdeo has  done absolutely nothing about a Minister of Government who, cannot prove he did not assault a member of the public with a gun in public.

Consider that other high ranking Govt officials  accused of criminal behaviour by the most influential foreign diplomatic establishment in Guyana, are still on the job.

Consider that Mr Jagdeo thinks it’s okay to insult one of  Guyana’s most  respected businessmen in public or chose to accuse a TV journalist of opposition party affiliation instead of offering sympathy, after that journalist was brutally murdered.

Do  these acts and others of a similar nature  in the past, engender respect for a President?

Yours faithfully,
Jack Palmer