GUYANA is a place where anything goes as laws that were set up to ensure the smooth and orderly management of society are   flagrantly disregarded.  Take for example the laws governing the littering of the environment: there are laws on the statute books that speak out against such misdemeanours. However, when you look at our environs, especially Georgetown, you wonder if there was any such law. Another case in point is the noise nuisance; this problem is so pervasive that one would be led to believe that there is nothing by way of a law stipulating loud deafening sounds. Seeing I am on this topic I make mention of the Friday night sea wall lime where gross violations of the preceding laws can be seen, the music is loud and deafening and the garbage that is left after the revellers are through, tells the sordid story. No thought or consideration is ever given to students studying for exams, the sick or elderly in our midst as the lawlessness goes into the wee hours of the morning.

Speeding, loud and vulgar music on public transportation, drunken driving and not to be forgotten tinted windows are the norm.
Wasn’t there a campaign enforcing the laws governing these sometime ago? If my memory is correct this campaign was titled “operation trocar.” All went well for sometime thereafter when a number of violators were rounded up and charged but all of this was short-lived as one can see vehicles with the windows so heavily tinted pitch black as midnight. The music on our minibuses are even louder and the lyrics  more vulgar and to think of it you cannot say a word of disgust on these transits without you being told all the ‘cuss words’ in the book sometimes under the very noses of the traffic cops. I am often pickled with cuss words whenever I visit my homeland and believe me, that adds up to a lot of cussing because it seems like all the buses around Georgetown are fitted with these “boom boom” boxes.

I would not even comment on speeding, drunken driving or possession of illegal firearms as from all appearances these are not considered criminal acts anymore, since in recent times those found guilty  are given a  “slap on the wrist”  if ever reaching the prosecutorial stage.

These are just a few of the many violations that plague Guyanese society on a daily basis. The fact of the matter is for all the problems I’ve mentioned earlier there are well established laws. The sad and disheartening thing about it is that they are not enforced and no one
seems to care. The fact of the matter is, Guyana is one big lawless country.