AS a concerned Guyanese I am against corruption in any form or manner. Tons of letters and claims surface everyday about corruption in Government and/or by Government functionaries and it would certainly be in the national interest if those who claim would filter hard evidence to independent bodies (Diplomatic Missions, the Police, the DPP, Opposition Lawyers, etc.) so that tangible action can be taken against these evil doers. 

Perception and hearsay cannot stop them. Putting them behind bars may.

But those very persons, including lawyers, who bawl corruption have not ONCE pinpointed the elements which can constitute a charge for these corrupt acts – not Human Rights, not Transparency International, not Rose, not Singh, not Kissoon, not anybody. Screaming about corruption doesn’t help; do something about it!

And while we are at it, isn’t stealing electricity an act of corruption? Several areas populated by supporters of the main Opposition do not pay for electricity or water. They steal it. And many lives have been lost because of this type of corruption. But that is no big deal. We never hear all the saintly stalwarts against corruption including these brazen acts within their definition of corruption. GPL and GWI and the nation lose billions through electricity and water theft, but that is okay.

Corruption is good in one camp but not in the other – clearly a case of fish of one and fowl of another. Is there a deafening silence?

VISHAL DASRATH