Why the lack of urgency on DNA testing when some infrastructure is already in place?

Dear Editor,

According to the Guyana Times (October 7) Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has said that local DNA testing won’t be happening any time soon. What is of concern is that the tone of the response seems to lack urgency in a time of escalating killings and a continued issue with unidentified bodies. As the article went on to state, the Caribbean American Domestic Violence Awareness (CADVA) and One Billion Rising (OBR) have indicated a willingness to work with a laboratory to help escalate the process with the help of Eureka Medical Laboratories.

Has anyone from the government even bothered to contact Dianne Madray of CADVA? Just so they have her contact information, here it is: diannem@cadva.org, Guyana cell phone 011-592-696-9398, US cell phone 917-399-5764. Guyana CADVA representative Tiffiney Jackson can be reached at 011-592-682-2292 or by email at tiffineyj@cadva.org.

Why would anyone want to re-invent the wheel and create laborious infrastructure when the wheel is already in motion and ready to be used? Eureka Laboratories have their infrastructure established. We have a contact. We can assist in moving the process forward. What is the issue? Oh let me answer that: political hogwash and red tape. The issue is not urgent for the politicians when a dead victim is not identified, but it is a matter of urgency to CADVA, One Billion Rising and the families of the missing.

Yours faithfully,
Sukree Boodram
Founder and Interim President

CADVA, Inc