Critics of former President Jagdeo have crossed all boundaries
Illness afflicts everyone at some point or another in their lives, but Opposition forces have hit a new low on the vilification they are heaping on former President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo in their ongoing saga of vindictive spitefulness directed towards a man whom one blogger described on a social media site as “…someone who towers superlatively over all his critics at every level in every human equation and socio-political dynamic.”
Like any human being, Dr. Jagdeo, who last month celebrated his 50th birthday, is susceptible to viruses; and as usual he was giving his all in service to humanity in general and Guyanese in particular, when he was struck low by the deadly bite of a dengue-carrying mosquito.
Having recently returned from India where he represented Guyana and joined several high-level officials, including former United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan, at the opening of the 14th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS) in the Indian capital, New Delhi, under the theme, ‘Attaining Energy, Water and Food Security for All’, Dr. Jagdeo was taken ill and examined by local doctors, who advised that he seek medical treatment overseas.
The astounding silence of Opposition elements on Corbin being taken for medical intervention overseas, at an astronomical cost to the state, is deafening, yet speaks volumes of the hypocrisy of the collective political Opposition and the satellites in the media and NGO anti-Government cabal.
Corbin’s collapse, necessitating approximately ten times the expenditure of Dr. Jagdeo’s medical costs, may be a timely reminder that everyone is mortal; and the rain falls on everyone’s home; so why is one treatment right for Corbin, but undeserved by Jagdeo?
He did not go overseas for his medical care through any expressed wish of his, and the private plane that transported him was not provided by the state; but while his critics would perceive as their inalienable right to enjoy friendship with whomever they find compatibility with, they seek to deny Bharrat Jagdeo that same right to association with whomsoever he chooses to befriend; and Kaieteur News’ obsession with the unbreakable friendship between Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo and Dr. Bobby Ramroop has now become par for the course. Is it envy because they cannot attract that quality of trust as exists between these two men, because they do not have the quality of trustworthiness to attract that level of friendship from anyone?
From his pension to his medical bills, his critics have an unending litany of complaints and vindictive pillorying of a man who served this country unreservedly and with great distinction; without considering that Opposition leaders also enjoy the same benefits; and this was only made possible because of the largesse and the generosity of the PPP/C administration, because they gave nothing to Dr. Jagan during the years he was leader of the Opposition.
They have relentlessly stigmatised and demonised President Jagdeo for his pension package, which allows him to continue to serve this country and humanity, gratis. There is a reason that soldiers surrounded kings to protect their lives by sacrificing their own, because the contribution of some men to the greater good of society and the human family is irreplaceable.
People have died from the viral form of dengue, especially when pneumonia factors into the equation; and if the attending physicians, out of an abundance of caution decided that he needed specialised care why should anyone have a problem with that?
The very man who, as former President did not hesitate to send then Opposition Leader Robert Corbin overseas for evaluation when, according to sources, he was suffering from peptic ulcer, which cost the state tens of millions of dollars, and who set systems in place for even the poorest of the poor to access funding from the state for overseas medical treatment when specialist treatment is recommended is not allowed the same care that his doctors recommended.
Many leaders in the political Opposition have been accorded the same courtesies by Government, including AFC Chairman Nigel Hughes, who collapsed while attacking the very Government that flew him out so that he could receive timely intervention when he collapsed in the hinterland from a heart attack.
The astounding silence of Opposition elements on Corbin being taken for medical intervention overseas, at an astronomical cost to the state, is deafening, yet speaks volumes of the hypocrisy of the collective political Opposition and the satellites in the media and NGO anti-Government cabal.
Corbin’s collapse, necessitating approximately ten times the expenditure of Dr. Jagdeo’s medical costs, may be a timely reminder that everyone is mortal; and the rain falls on everyone’s home; so why is one treatment right for Corbin, but undeserved by Jagdeo?
