I wish to refer to the captioned article “Still waiting for the excitement” in the May 27th edition of the Kaieteur news. In the said article Neil Marks sought to paint a very depressing picture of Independence Day celebrations held at the National Park.
However, what the author fails to realise is that he could only speak for himself and not the thousands who attend this event freely on an annual basis. Perhaps Marks was too young to have experienced public servants being compelled to attend these very celebrations when the Forbes Burnham government was in power. Participation in Mass Games is no longer compulsory either. No longer do we waste precious state resources to hold those vast celebrations where the “Comrade leader” had to be eloquently sermonised while the starving audience was being bored to death.
No, Kaieteur News, these people have consistently chosen to attend this event of their own free will and continue to do so at very high levels since 1997 and also because they have seen the excitement which you haven’t.