THE PNCR’s Lurlene Nestor either strives in a world of delusion or is too familiar with the trickeries of her party. It is therefore no surprise that her argument about Guyana possibly being the only country where a kidnapping involving a lad could take place exposes her skewed thinking, illogical reasoning, and self-destructive disposition.  Lurlene’s letter to the editor further depreciates her integrity.
We must however recall that Lurlene Nestor plays a lead role in the Corbinite faction of the PNCR and has been seconded to the PNCR’s presidential candidate David Granger to promote their lies, deceptions and misinformation. She is one of those who have the PNCR in its current state of dilemma, with leadership crisis, and disguise manoeuvrings to fool the electorate. It is the delusion of Lurlene and others who have the PNCR in such trouble that it tries to change its name at every election, with the latest being APNU.
No society should be proud of criminals, regardless of their age but for Lurlene to misinform herself and try to take us into her world of delusion, both deserve rejection. The PNCR as an opposition should share the blame for what she refers to as a rapid moral decline and young people’s gravitation towards crime because through its 1997, 2001 street protests and its other activities that motivated criminals, hardened  criminals were emboldened and young people thought that violence, disorder and disrespect for the rule of law were all okay. It was the PNCR who draped the coffin of a known notorious criminal with the Golden Arrowhead signalling there was honour in criminality. It was the PNCR who said criminals are freedom fighters. It was the PNCR who continuously ignored the plight of victims and defends the rights of criminals. It was the same PNCR who chastised and vilified the police for rightfully doing their duty in going after criminals.
It is not enough to blame the government or the police. We should look at ourselves . . . and be ashamed. The situation, we now find ourselves in, has been allowed to develop because of the PNCR-sponsored activities which contributed to the moral decline. During that time there has been a relentless and systematic erosion of the two major elements that are fundamental to stability within a society: discipline and respect. Since then our youth cast aside all the values and standards of decency and respect.
There are thousands upon thousands of young people that certainly outnumber the few cases Lurlene mentioned that grew up under all sorts of circumstances and refused the pathway of crime. They lead productive lives and are part of nation-building. This argument about a few teenagers involvement in crime is not unique to Guyana.