I WAS appalled and equally shocked by an article in the Kaieteur News of Tuesday March 18, 2014 captioned, “TSU Forces APNU MP to remove tint”. I was appalled at PNC MP, Mr. Christopher Jones’ revelation that the tint on the vehicle in question was factory-made, and an officer still saw it fit to issue a road service licence for it, and effectively allowed the car to leave with a tint above the legal limit. This is gross incompetence on the part of the certifying officer, and must be dealt with condignly.
However, what was even more shocking was the fact that Mr. Jones, a member of the august National Assembly, leader of one of the premier youth organizations in Guyana, and “role model” from his own utterances, admitted to breaking the law, despite being warned about the matter on a previous occasion.
Such behaviour is reprehensible and unbecoming of a national leader, moreso a law maker of any country. In any civilized democracy where citizens hold their leaders accountable, Mr. Jones would have had to demit office.
In this regard, I trust that this matter is actively engaging the attention of the intellectual authors of the Vanessa Kissoon MP saga in Linden. Actions like these bring political movements into disrepute, since they will lose the moral ground to reprimand others.
We cannot allow citizens, moreso the young people of this country, to see us in the same light of other political institutions if we are serious about projecting ourselves as a viable alternative to the PPP/C administration.
What was more shocking was Mr. Jones’ expressed intent to seek an audience on the controversial tint with Minister Clement Rohee, a Minister he publicly refused to recognise and urged others to do the same as a result of a no-confidence motion tabled and passed in the  National Assembly under the hands of the Leader of the Opposition, Brigadier David Granger, MP.
In what capacity is he engaging Mr. Rohee MP? Is it as leader of the PPP, fellow member of Parliament, or as Minister of Home Affairs?
Is this a case of hypocrisy, or a misrepresentation by the press? Or is it is in keeping with the old axiom, “Politics makes strange bedfellows”?

Bevon Currie
Former National Secretary
Guyana Youth and Student Movement