Dear Editor,
In your news story, ‘Some CANU officers fail lie test – President says use may be extended,’ (May 17), I want to deal with two points. The first is of lesser importance because it deals with Home Affairs Minister, Mr Clement Rohee, who said that letter writers providing comments critical of the state’s use of the tests for CANU officers were “not qualified” to comment. Oh, really?
Maybe Mr Rohee, by virtue of his tenuous hold on the Home Affairs Minister’s position, considers himself qualified to comment? If so, would he be prepared to subject himself to a polygraph test to answer questions on the reason or reasons for the revocation of his visa issued by a certain foreign government at one stage? There are other questions for Mr Rohee in his public position, but this one would suffice for now.
The second point relates to the President’s adamancy in pushing ahead with his promise to fire those CANU officers who failed the polygraph test. Well, the results are in and we are waiting for the other shoe to drop! But while we do, let it be made known that this President continues to demonstrate why the PPP made a huge gamble and lost in 1999. He continues to make irrational decisions with matching irrational exuberance at a time when the combination of circumstances countenancing his regime demands rational thinking and decision-making.
