Thursday’s performance at the Pegasus reminded me of the mongrels in my neighbour’s yard

Dear Editor,
I WAS present in Parliament, in 2017, when PPP MPs behaved in an extremely atrocious manner in an attempt to interfere with the address being made by His Excellency the President David Granger.

The President, stoic-like, majestically ignored the bleating and desk-thumping of these PPP rabble rousers. On Thursday we witnessed at the Pegasus, a replay of this unnecessary banality; the likes of Irfaan Ali, Kwame McCoy, Bishop (sic) Juan Edghill and others executed what I interpret to be the beating of war drums.

A manifestation similar to what these PPP leaders have been preaching in themselves throughout the length and breadth of Guyana. I cannot speak for the leader of the party and President of the Co-operative Republic, but I can speak for myself and many others who are disgusted by the hype, propaganda and distortion of the facts, all designed to mislead and create mayhem.

The first President of the United States, George Washington, at Mount Vernon, said ‘to be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.’

Those of us who lived through the turbulent 60s and the recent 23 years of PPP rule would know of the horrors and folly of violence and disunity. Many of us have put aside our battle armour and dream for peace and prosperity. But if the PPP hierarchy feels that a return to the battlefield is an option, they must be reminded that they don’t and never had the capacity to wage a successful war campaign. Thursday’s performance at the Pegasus reminded me of the mongrels in my neighbour’s yard in Charlestown who terrorised everyone by barking and jumping on the fences, but when faced with the canine warriors in our yard, soon retreated with their tails between their legs.

Guyanese of every generation want peace and they must now break their silence and condemn the PPP for this latest adventure. We seem unable to learn from human history. It is this month, in 1939, that with similar arrogance being displayed by the Freedom House ladies and gentlemen that, without thinking of the consequences, Adolph Hitler and the Nazis invaded Poland.

The disturbing efforts for peace and progress that triggered the disastrous European civil war, which emerged as World War II. They cannot win, but the country will be the losers by another round of disunity, pain and dislocation. I write this because, many youngsters, may not have knowledge and memories of the Maginot lines along the East Coast. Machine guns in rice bags that haunted and hurt our country, compliments of the PPP.

To the presidential candidate of the PPP and others, I say, let us work for peace and let’s talk as civilised people so that we can bequeath to our children and their children a country that is free, peaceful and prosperous. That we can all enjoy prosperity that beckons as we continue the efforts being made after May 2015.
Regards
Hamilton Green

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