Dear Editor,
We write to express our shock and abhorrence at the wanton destruction of human lives, more so the lives of innocent little children in the village of Lusignan by gunmen who could only be described as barbaric and bestial.
What manner of human is he who commits such heinous crimes? Indeed, is he human who with seeming impunity, attacks and murders innocent defenceless men, women and children at will and without reasons?
“O Judgment! Thou has fled to brutish beasts and men have lost their reason?”
Years ago we had mostly crimes of passion. Today, we seem no longer to be safe from the crack heads and violent criminals who masquerade as human. Why have some of us become so violent?
Our government we know, is committed to the fight against crime and has been putting a lot of resources into this fight. Expectantly our police’s intelligence would improve to the extent that they are able to discern not only who the criminals are but also where they are likely to strike next. Also, additional and revised legislation which seeks, inter alia, to revise crime strategies to improve our force’s ability to investigate, to prosecute and to increase punitive measures is being introduced in our Parliament. But our government needs help.
Parents, you have to a large extent responsibility to teach your children respect for human life and property. Everyone of these criminals has close relations and friends who know who they are and what they are doing and who by their silence have been encouraging and condoning their violent behavior. They are accessories to the crimes they commit.
They remain silent and live off their illgotten gains and they could not be worried when in the process of committing their crimes decent human beings are undeservedly put to death.
We offer the families of the recently murdered men, women and children of Lusignan our prayers, our sympathy. We wish that they could find some solace in knowing that there are still many decent Guyanese of differing ethnicities who love them and who share their grief. We pray that the souls of their deceased loved ones would rest in peace and that by redoubling our efforts to bring the criminals to justice we would remove the atmosphere of fear, frustration and anger that presently pervade us. Those who died at the hands of those merciless cowards would not have died in vain.
Yours faithfully,
1. Norman Whittaker,
Member of Parliament
2. Fermin Singh,Regional
Chairman
3. Paul Pierre, Regional
Vice Chairman
4. Latchmen Narine,
Teacher and nine others
