SO many persons are writing and engaging in irrelevant conclusions these days. All these persons and some of the newspapers and the television stations seem to forget one thing. For many years, even before the 2002 jailbreak, innocent persons, mainly people of East Indian descent, were being robbed, beaten, raped and killed. Before the 2002 jailbreak East Indian people were targeted and many lost their lives. Between 2002 and this year, many East Indian and other decent Guyanese were also robbed, beaten and killed. Many young women were raped.

None of these persons seem to matter to these newspapers and some of the television stations. The commentators, such as Freddie Kissoon, seemed to have lost all reasoning as they attack the government. They remember all the criminals who were killed by the police and they treat all these criminals as freedom fighters. But they forget what the real injustice was.  But the families and innocent people who lived in fear have not forgotten.

Politicians have picked up pickets and they are trying to mobilise support among the Guyanese people to promote confusion. These are the same politicians who cannot today persuade Guyanese to join them in their protest. These are the same politicians who decided since they could not mobilise people to come to the streets to march, the people will come to City Hall. The grand sum of 25 persons came which included the more than a dozen of the same politicians. They spoke loudly, but they spoke to themselves.

I remember it was the same set of politicians who called the bandits freedom fighters. I remember they once draped the coffin of the infamous criminal Blackie with the Guyana flag.

They heard something at the trial in New York and they have charged, tried, condemned and sentenced Minister Ramsammy to death. Could you imagine these people walking the streets and calling the minister names and calling for his death? But none of the newspapers or the commentators or the politicians has told the people Minister Ramsammy did not break any law.

But the same trial also accused Eddie Collins, the former head of the army, and the army of supplying guns and ammunition. In addition, the same source indicated that the army helped to remove the bodies of the missing cane cutters from the front of Buxton to the back. If this is true then this is a major criminal offence. Is Freddie Kissoon interested? No, he is not. This does not bother him. Does it bother the newspapers and the television stations? No, because they barely reported this and have forgotten it. Does it bother some politicians? No, they can’t be bothered because they are not interested in the truth. They clearly intended to misinform and mobilise people to create disruption in the country.    

The Ministry of Health building was burnt by arsonists. The police uncovered the plot. The newspapers and the television stations should be very interested. They barely reported it and they have since ignored the story. Some politicians keep misinforming people that Minister Ramsammy burnt the building.

They should all be ashamed. Mr. Corbin, Mr. Trotman, Mr. Ramjattan, Volda Lawrence and all of them should hang their heads in shame.

The Guyanese people are not stupid. They know who the bad people are really. You see they don’t care to know about any laptop. They want to know where the bandits got the guns and ammunition from. We want to know who killed the cane cutters and who hid the bodies. They want to know who were behind Minister Sawh’s murder. Finally, they want to know the politicians who used to go to the railway embankment to talk to the criminals and treat them as freedom fighters.

They understand why Mr. Corbin, Mr. Trotman, Mr. Benchcop, Mr. Lewis and Mr. Witter want to distract people’s attention and address only certain issues. But it is time they know that the people are interested in real matters like the ones above.
TROY TYRELL