Dear Editor,
I read with concern the article in SN Tuesday 9th Oct 2012 about the plight of the headmistress of the Mahdia Secondary School.
Who would have thought that with all the billions being spent and gold production exceeding its target one would actually read about a headmistress in a thriving gold community like Mahdia being subject to the humiliation of being accommodated by the government in a “broken and dilapidated house”. Has education lost its importance? Is this the same caring government that we hear about on NCN newscasts and GINA Weekly Digest reports?
In her state of anguish, the headmistress was reported to have said “… I don’t want a castle, I just want a clean place where I can be comfortable.” Undoubtedly, she has echoed the sentiments of every civil and decent Guyanese. Indeed, we have witnessed the degradation of our country and yearn for a clean Guyana where systems work and the Laws are upheld. We long to be free from the debilitating effects of pervasive corruption. We dream of a clean place that is free from the seemingly unhindered drug barons and the guns and violence synonymous with the drug trade.
We would welcome a clean place devoid of garbage disposal woes and most certainly, a clean place where the Guyana Police Force serves and protects. Such a Dear Land of Guyana would be clean and consequently, a comfortable place to live.
Yours faithfully,
Alfred Julien
