Dear Editor,
The Guyana Chronicle story of April 11 captioned, ‘Moses has lost his way: now a self confessed child abuser,’ can be described as nothing but a low-down, dirty and shameless statement on the part of the PPP/C government. The PPP/C in a brazen fashion has decided to use AFC Member of Parliament Moses Nagamootoo’s comments while making his budget speech in Parliament to label him a “child abuser.” Is this the way the government intends to continue to abuse state resources to defame and make libellous statements against citizens? I figure this is another one of their intimidatory and defamatory tactics. The charge of a child abuser is a serious one and the government must know that such a charge has the potential to injure a person’s character. To make this deliberate and malicious statement against Mr Nagamootoo is an unfortunate and slimy thing to do.
As a citizen of Guyana I have the right to demand that the editor of the Guyana Chronicle retract the article and offer an apology to Mr Nagamootoo. I also have a right to let the editor of the Chronicle and the PPP/C government understand that abusing the state’s resources to attack the character of those who disagree with it is the act of a dictator.
Yours faithfully,
Lurlene Nestor
