Written by REBECCA CONSTANCE
I HAVE seen the response from the Red Thread women to Minister Manickchand’s letter in defence of Ms. Geetanjali  Singh.  Ms. Singh has been attacked viciously only because the group of Christopher Ram, Anand Goolsaran, et al,  wants to get at Dr. Ashni Singh.Dr. Singh has smashed them so often that they have decided to change tactics and get at him via his wife.

That is one of the most cowardly and distasteful actions that I have ever witnessed. The only thing that equates with that is the response of the Red Thread.

It is clear that Red Thread is not interested in conflict of interest, nor in defending women.  They are carrying out the mandate of the Opposition to attack the government.  The Red Thread is the women’s arm of the Opposition APNU.

Their political agenda has led them to take positions that are not only against women’s rights, but also has an ethnic undercurrent.

Apart from Mrs. Geetanjali Singh, other women are under vicious attacks today.  One prominent example is Ms Carol Sooba.  The Red Thread has maintained a deafening silence on Ms. Sooba’s travails.  In addition, Red Thread has been silent on the attacks against Marcia Nadir and, more recently, Jaya Manickchand.

The only time they mentioned anything about Ms. Singh was to support those that chose to attack her.

If they were interested in all women’s rights, then they would have come to the defence of the professional work of Ms. Sooba.  No, they chose to side with the corrupt band at City Hall to hammer Ms. Sooba.

Had they really been interested in conflicts of interest they would not have remained so silent on Nigel Hughes and the relationship with the chairman of the jury at the trial of one of the accused of the Lusignan massacre.  There was an eyewitness in this case who positively identified the accused.  However, he walked.  What about the Nigel & Cathy Hughes’s conflict of interest in relation to the Sithe Global/Amaila Falls issue.  Why have we not heard from those “human rights” and “champions” of transparency?  Why is the Red Thread so unconcerned?

Is it because the victims did not have the right complexion?  Or is it because they feel that that is an attack against this government? Or both?

Recall in the telephone conversation between Felix and Basil Williams  that was made public, how lightly they were speaking of those eight (8) persons murdered on the East Bank of Demerara by marauding bandits, where Williams spoke so admiringly of the killers.  Recall how they congratulated each other for turning things away from the PNC.

Red Thread and the rest are not taking principled positions.  They have chosen to stand with the racist politics of the Opposition.

But why am I surprised? After all, they even abandoned Walter Rodney, a fighter for racial and working class unity.  They have sided with those that murdered him.

They must have concluded that, “…he done dead already.” These people have no loyalty, they are amoral and definitely prejudiced.

Their actions and writings have thoroughly exposed those that Bob Marley would call: “Hypocrites and Parasites….”