Dear Editor,
U.S. Ambassador Sarah Ann Lynch ranks in the uppermost tier of the highest profile presences in Guyana. When she speaks Guyanese pause. Ambassador Lynch’s words now have attained to that rarest of rare states: cadences of sagacity, depth, and an all-encircling truth. She has done well in serving the interests of her country in stellar fashion, while delivering in unflinching posture and pronouncements that which half of Guyana thrills to, and simultaneously the other half recoils. Her Excellency took the stand and testified about corruption and inclusion (SN November 21). In her nuanced manner, the most visible object, likely target, of those two most fateful and tragic of Guyanese words, is the PPP Government and its cast of thousands of those who are all for one (corruption) and all in opposition to the other (inclusion).
Second, by my Grade 1 arithmetic, this is the fifth time that Ambassador Lynch has seen it fit and proper to speak about inclusion, with corruption trailing ever so slightly behind. Indeed, the tireless diplomat has spoken of other things, positive ones, but not as often as she has about inclusion, and its twin, which is christened corruption. Part of the lack of inclusion is traceable to the culture of corruption. The proliferation of corruption to such prodigious summits just can’t be made to go away, or wished out of existence. And, the paltriness of what is held out as inclusive, inclusivity, and inclusion would make even an imbecile chortle in disbelief.
Third, the plenipotentiary has her orders. Corruption and inclusion. It would be interesting to learn the reactions of those who hailed the Ambassador for ‘free and fair’ and ‘democracy’, regarding what is their take on this. Would they be friends in need only (elections and maintenance of power)? Editor, I tender that because corruption and inclusion (lack of) are at the self-destructive perches that they are today, Ambassador Lynch has had only one choice, one duty, one job left in Guyana to do. Speak truths. Corruption and lack of inclusion are such raw, dreadful truths.
Sincerely,
GHK Lall
