WE regret the significant and substantial loss suffered by the Ministry of Health Headquarters as a result of arson. The entire Ministry were gutted and consumed by the fiery flames of hatred. A great portion of the institutional memory has been erased in a matter of minutes the vital records including financial statements, organizational records, historical documents and other crucial information were consumed forever.

That is what makes the Ministry losses almost unbearable. The government’s welfare; the status and well being of thousands of patients have been put at severe risk-if only temporarily. One wonders how people as part of their orchestrated campaign of destabilization and terror could put at risk the welfare of the nation’s assets. The nation notes with regret too, the scores of lives affected and the billions of dollars lost as a result of the fire. The government and people is left to believe that the talk of dialogue and negotiation coming from some sections is but empty rhetoric meant to play games whilst actually being the facade for more nefarious, destructive activities.

Where will this arson, terror and destabilisation lead? What will the loss of taxpayer’s money, personal insecurities and constant fear of the capital city do for the Guyanese nation? Is the real objective of the perpetrators exercise is to provoke reaction from the other besieged section of the peaceful population, the silent majority? I wish to denounce the evil mischief – makers and destabilisers of this country.

There must be no communal strife based on race or political allegiance. The peace must be kept by the majority of the Guyanese population.
MOHAMED KHAN