Dear Editor,
I would again like to raise the question whether the PPP Government will honour its promise to issue “Order of Democracy” awards, since it likes to say, “Promise made, Promise kept.” The PPP has kept some election promises, and I believe the President is an honourable man.
Why no awards? Names were to be announced by the end of 2021. Can the Government clear the air on this? The Government side and their surrogate columnists have been arguing that if you did not speak out during the five months of PNC attempted rigging, you are not fit to speak out on anything. They cancel you as a “Civil Society” group if you did not protest in a way that they like. Now the Government refuses to keep its promise to all those guardians of democracy who were against the rigging. Is this a double standard? Hypocrisy? Deception?
Many people battled for democracy by doing guard duty at the ballot box containers. Representatives from the fly-by-night parties kept the counting process accountable and transparent. There were many letter writers. How about all the attorneys in the cases fighting the PNC? Sanjeev Datadin and Devendra Kissoon deserve Senior Counsel appointments, and other attorneys involved in all the court cases in Guyana and the CCJ. Apart from the “Order of Democracy,” the President may also consider “Presidential Citations” as an option. I call on the Government to answer whether it will keep its promise, since Independence Day is coming up in May.
Sincerely,
Dr. Jerry Jailall
