OLD Kai could not miss the drama; after all the Opposition, particularly APNU, has been desperate for something to come their way which they could use to distract from their current predicament.Granger wasted no time and with great media fanfare, he and his ‘delegation’ met the Guyana Defense Force Chief of Staff following a report that there was a reported link in an international drug transshipment ring.
Then of course he expressed his ‘great’ concern about the narco-trade and its effects on Guyana. He was ‘deeply’ concerned about the negative effects of the ‘drug-trade’, saying it is scaring investors and undermining economic growth. Granger continued with his ‘crocodile tears’ and announced that ‘the revelations were further evidence that the country is drifting towards becoming a narco-state.’ So, according to Granger, we have not become a narco-state, but we apparently are drifting in that direction.
His current position is perplexing, as on December, 16, 2012, Mr. Granger had come to the conclusion that Guyana was a narco-state. The headline of their APNU Kaieteur News column, read “How Guyana became a narco-state”.
So which is it Mr. Granger? Kindly make up your mind and stop pussyfooting with such a serious national issue.
Clearly, Mr. Granger and APNU have been caught up in their web of lies. Old people always say when you begin to tell lies, you are always under pressure to remember all of them because if you do not, they will come back to haunt you. This is a classic example.
On another note, Mr. Granger would have us believe that he is earnestly searching for answers. Well here is a bit of advice, find out all you need to know about the drug-trade from your security expert and former Police Commissioner whom you have made a Member of Parliament. He was the one who was discussing how to plant drugs on an innocent woman to frame her at the airport. Clearly, he appears to have some ‘connections’, so rather than the publicity stunts of meeting with the GDF Chief of Staff, simply get all the details from your colleague(s).
On a rare occasion, I do agree with you, Mr. Granger, that the crime rate will go up as a result of increasing drug trade, especially the execution style murders such as that in Agricola, where current APNU Member(s) of Parliament were discussing how to divert attention from the real perpetrators.
At the same time, you might also want to explain why it is members from your political party are some of those who represent the accused drug dealers in Court when they are charged. Don’t you think that because of the fact that your colleagues usually rush to the Police station the moment these individuals are charged, and in so doing thwart efforts by the Police to get information about the accomplices and the so called ‘big fish’, you and your party are aiding the drug trade?
Can you also say if the ‘large amount of foreign currency’ which went missing at Congress Place were proceeds from illegitimate sources? Was there any amount of ‘washing’ involved as many suspect?
While you are at it, please remember that it was your party which opposed efforts by the PPP/C Government to weed out corrupt anti-narcotics agents from the CANU through the use of ‘lie-detector’ tests. You simply cannot oppose efforts to improve Guyana’s effectiveness in the anti-drug fight and then conveniently be concerned about the negative efforts of the drug trade.
Then there is your anxiety about armed robberies; but responding to you on this issue is like flogging a ‘dead horse’.
Old Kai has already written more than a book on your party’s links with criminals, including the fact that you gave a notorious criminal a national funeral when you draped his coffin with our Golden Arrow Head.
Were you not aware that by engaging in such an act, you were sending a message to the criminally intent, including the drug dealers you are so concerned with now, that Guyana is ‘open for business’ and they will get the royal treatment by your party?
As pointed out earlier, the APNU leader is concerned that the negative effects of the drug trade will scare investors. This man deserves a national award for his new found concern for our private sector. Old Kai is confident that if we were to do a survey among members of the private sector, their number one fear would be the Opposition parties, specifically APNU. It was APNU which chased away the Amalia hydro investors, it was APNU which chased away the Brazilian investors, it was APNU which attacked the Marriott Hotel, the CJ Airport Expansion and the investors in the Berbice Bridge. It was APNU which refused to hear a petition by the Private Sector Commission in the National Assembly, it was APNU which teamed up with the AFC to deny the PSC and the media access to their parliamentary sub-committee meetings with the PPP/C on the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism bill. It is APNU which has been dragging its feet on the amendment bill while making a number of illogical excuses for not supporting it, then after seven months with public pressure increasing, it finally decided to point out its concerns with the bill. They clearly seem intent on stalling the implementation of this bill which begs the question who or what are they trying to protect?