Just
for power
THERE is an old
Guyanese saying that goes, there is more than one way to choke a dog
without using a rope, similarly there is more than one way to remove an
elected government other than an outright coup.
The
crime taking place on the East Coast of Demerara and other places is the
PNC way of getting back in political power. The whole idea is to create
such a chaotic situation that the police would become afraid and refuse to
work, and when this happens the army will be encouraged to seize power and
then appoint a caretaker government.
The
reason that the PNC made heroes out of criminals killed by police is
because those criminals were in fact PNC heroes, they laid the groundwork
for this present situation. You see the PNC cannot win a free and fair
election and the leaders, having recognized this fact are now
desperate.
It is
all well and good for the President to say he has faith in the army,
however the people who voted for him and I do mean all the people - feel
differently.
WENDELL P. GEORGE
President's confidence in GDF is misplaced
Dear
Editor,
The President of Guyana is reported to have said (SN
24.12.2002) that his administration has full confidence in the
Military.
I do not believe that the President's
confidence is shared by the vast majority of law-abiding
Guyanese.
The GDF has been deployed in Buxton for most of the period of the
crime wave. Yet crime has persisted and escalated in Buxton to unprecedented proportions.
Apart from the holding of a few petty criminals after each outcry by
victims, the GDF is yet to demonstrate that its presence in Buxton serves
any useful purpose.
The GDF has demonstrated, by its holding of three men in a vehicle
with sophisticated weapons and equipment, and publicising it before
handing them over to the police, that it possesses a competent
intelligence capability, operational capacity, and a willingness to go
after persons it suspects might be breaking the law.
If the GDF is possessed of these formidable skills, how come they
have not yet captured one single high-profile criminal?
How come murders, burnings, kidnappings, robberies and other
offences continue unabated in Buxton?
I do not share the President's confidence in the GDF and I believe
that my view is widespread.
Yours faithfully,
Paul Seemangal
