Dear Editor,
Guyana and the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, under the leadership of Bharrat Jagdeo, continues to descend to levels of dictatorial governance reminiscent of what Guyana experienced under Forbes Burnham and the PNC-R. On the question of accepting bribery and corruption, this has been proven and widely known and accepted over a span of decades. On the question of corruption, Jagdeo dodges the question and spectre of corruption (recently released by a US government Report) in Guyana and the government and inexplicably disagrees with the indices used by the international body that uses the same yardstick for all countries.
Please bear in mind that this is the same government of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic that has not changed any of the dictatorial institutions such as the law enforcement agencies, the courts, and the country’s taxation system from the days of Burnham’s Guyana. In culpable and crescendo silence, Guyanese families of East Indian descent affirms and supports unequivocally this political party, that now sits firmly in dictatorial territory. And here is the important point: East Indian families, such as mine, suffered immensely under the PNC-R and the culpable silence of East Indians families, who are the main supporters of the People’s Progressive Party/Civic, has removed unequivocally any vestiges and moral rights to that claim.
There are other videos on YouTube where Jagdeo speaks condescendingly outright to his own supporters who will undoubtedly continue to cast their votes in support. Subject to unusual developments, close introspection and based on the trajectory of events, and given its three years to the next general elections, I make the call that the next Government of Guyana is not the People’s Progressive Party/Civic. Even if this call is completely groundless, and it is not, the important question is, can the PNC-R wait until 2030 to remove the People’s Progressive Party/Civic from government and access to the funds in the public treasury?
Sincerely,
Kris Kooblall
Toronto, Canada
