Dear Editor,
IT’s a shame and disgrace to see a man, who claims to be a messenger of God, behaving in such a manner by disrespecting the Speaker who is the head of the House.
As I watched the unfolding of what never happened in the National Assembly, I felt as if it’s a place where people just fighting for power and not for the people. The PPP seems to be power-hungry now that they hear of the bonus from ExxonMobil. It’s shameful and very disturbing when I heard a female PPP MP telling MP Trotman “You want for us to go in a private room for you to see my body”, what a shame the PPP has brought the Parliament to. But the videos show that none of the police punched that MP as she claims. They all started to shout and cry as if they are being beaten. The PPP MPs were shouting “Rape! Rape! Rape!” when no one was trying to rape them and take off their clothes; it shows their lawlessness.

It’s a disgrace by the PPP and laws to prevent Guyana from moving upward in positives things. Imagine the lies shouted during the ordeal that leaves one wondering, “How truthful is the PPP to their supporters.”
It is more than shameful to see a man that called himself God’s messenger and a Bishop behaving in such a way. This man preaches to obey law and order when someone who is higher and in leadership position orders you to. He preaches that God says to obey, but yet he is doing the opposite to what he preaches. How can he preach to a congregation and claim to be God’s messenger for peace and upholding of truth when he himself is lying and making false claims within the highest law-making place in the land? This man seems to be no less than a “hypocrite, sheep in wolf clothing, unreligious and ungodly.”

How can a man who claims to be the messenger of God create division amongst the people for political gains and his personal wellbeing? Beware of those that will come to you in the Lord’s name and want to live a life as a king through the church’s tidings and offerings. The PPP is a total disgrace to the nation and moreover is very shameless. Imagine the police doing what they came to do but yet the PPP MPs were shouting “Police state and dictatorship in the House”. We must understand that the police were there at parliament and wasn’t called from their Headquarters to arrest those law-breaking MPs.

The Police were also harassed by the PPP MPs. One was seen throwing cuffs to the back of a police. What will happen to that matter? It was so good to see the leader of the AFC, MP Trotman, trying to bring an amicable solution to the matter, but tell you what, there came the lord of destruction, Bharrat Jadgeo. It must be known that the leader of the opposition was not in parliament all day, but all of a sudden showed up and asked “Who are the ones the police harass?” He went on to say that the Speaker solely must be blamed for what happened.

But Jagdeo never asked how it happened or what cause this to happen. Well Bharrat, it is your MP–the Bishop–that disrespected the speaker’s order. He has no respect for law and order or the national assembly. So the Opposition Leader should now scold him for disrespect; but no, that won’t happen. He will be commended for bringing shame, disgrace and lawlessness to the House. Guyanese must understand that all this is planned by the PPP because of the oil money. The PPP is behaving as if they are running the country and can do what they want and no one can tell them what to do.

How can those people be called honourable members of the House, when they have no respect for the House they sit in to make laws for this land?. The PPP is sending a wrong and racial message to the peaceful Guyanese nation. They are stirring up problems for political power. I call on all right-thinking Guyanese, those abroad and all organisations to condemn the lawless behaviour of the PPP in the National Assembly. We must all stand united against those that want to divide the nation for their political gains.

We must all condemn MP Edghill and the PPP for disobeying the leader of the National Assembly. We must all stand with the Speaker for upholding the rules and practices of the National Assembly and not to allow anyone to disobey the House at no time. Every time there is sitting of the National Assembly, it is very much evident that the PPP will shout at the speaker, disrespect him and the House again and again. This time they went too far.

Guyanese, the PPP wants power and at any cost. They will do anything now that they hear of the oil money. They will try everything to make the government look bad and create unrest in this land. When that happens, they will blame the government, especially our African brothers and sisters, all because the President is an African. But let’s not be fooled, the PPP is after power and not after the good and betterment of Guyana. They can do want they want, they cannot bring this government down. We now see the motives and true side of the PPP.
Development breeds enemies.
Regards
Abel Seetaram
Regional Councillor
Region 5