What kind of national unity can Granger achieve with his ‘jook fuh jook’ policy?

OLD Kai has a word of advice for the Opposition Leader in Guyana: Always try to remember what you said in the past, as it may come back to haunt you. When one is not a strong leader, guided by one’s convictions and confident in one’s ability, then that individual is prone to make rash and debilitating decisions.

This has been the hallmark of the APNU leadership, and the recent comments by Mr. Granger on the decision of the Guyana Government to revoke the work permit of the U.S. LEAD project director, Glenn Bradbury underscores this reality.
The U.S. had used the outrageous argument that it was under contractual obligations to proceed with the project in Guyana, even though the Government here had objected to the implementation of the project. The revocation of the work permit of the Project Head nullified this contention, and the Guyana Government must be credited with taking such a bold move in the face of such a public effort by the U.S. Ambassador to trample on our sovereignty.
Rather than putting aside petty local politics and standing up for the integrity of our country, the APNU leadership chose to do the opposite and publicly supported efforts by the US to disregard the fact that we are an independent nation.
Such a stance by the political Opposition is nothing new. When Guyana was attempting to do a geological survey of the New River Triangle area last year, they were the ones who condemned the move and took up the concerns of Suriname, which has laid claim to that section of our territory.

How is ‘jook fuh jook’ any different from the warning by his idol, Dictator Forbes Burnham, that ‘our steel is sharper than yours’ with reference to his detractors, following which people like Dr. Walter Rodney was assassinated?

Granger underlines his foreign policy credibility by giving a new meaning to the term ‘diplomacy’ by saying it is ultimately ‘jook fuh jook’ as he expressed hope that the U.S. will retaliate and harm the interests of our country and people.
His ‘jook fuh jook’ terminology reminds Old Kai of the famous phrase by Mahatma Gandhi, ‘an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind’ but this is apparently what Granger is advocating. Such a reckless outburst is yet another reason why this man is unfit to be a leader.
With such a barbarian type mentality to foreign policy, it is not difficult to see what would be the fate of Guyanese whom the Opposition perceives as being against their interests. It will be ‘jook fuh jook’, and I recall the fate of people like Father Darke who was stabbed to death by Opposition elements on Brickdam during a period when Granger was a senior member of the PNC dictatorship.
How is ‘jook fuh jook’ any different from the warning by his idol, Dictator Forbes Burnham, that ‘our steel is sharper than yours’ with reference to his detractors, following which people like Dr. Walter Rodney was assassinated?
When one recalls the statements made by the joint Opposition over the past two to three years, such as ‘collateral damage’, ‘bloody war’ and the latest being ‘jook fuh jook’, it confirms that these people are obsessed with war and destruction rather than peace and development.
Therefore, it comes as no surprise that they are relentlessly trying to get Guyana blacklisted internationally with their refusal to support the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, while internally, they have cut our national budget for three successive years, and refused to support major projects which will boost Guyana’s infrastructure capacity and directly benefit our population.
This is the ‘jook fuh jook’ policy so eloquently articulated, the target being the PPP/C Government, and the victims being the Guyanese people, compliments of David Granger and his acolytes in the political Opposition.
This very individual has the nerve to front himself as an alternative Head of State, and walks around the country trying to convince citizens that he is committed to national unity. What kind of national unity can Granger achieve with his ‘jook fuh jook’ policy?