Dear Editor,

FIRST, I wish to commend Mr. Manzoor Nadir for his letter on the gutter journalism of the Kaieteur newspaper. I could not agree more with his reference to the misuse of a media house to convict and pass sentence on people.Case in point: a front page headline in Sunday’s Kaieteur News dated July 10, 2016: “Marcia Sharma faces jail time – SOCU, Police Legal Advisor”. It is very interesting that, the next day, KN reported that the same police legal advisor recommended civil action. The point I want to make is that Kaieteur News did have access to the report, and in two days’ time the story was changed; however, the damage to Mrs. Sharma’s reputation had been done with the first article.

Mr. Lall and company (seem to) assume the divine right to decide the fate of people. They have also been on the case of Dr. Mahender Sharma and many others whom the Lall clique (allegedly) has on its target list. Those in charge of the KN appear to deliberately set out to destroy people; I had my piece of their (alleged) wrath years ago, but I am still here, and can hold my head high and even higher than the bosses at Kaieteur News.

I can deal with Adam and Lall’s (alleged) deviousness and distorting of information; what I want the authorities to investigate is how KN is (allegedly) able to get confidential information that was not released. There is an (alleged) serious breach of confidentiality within SOCU, Police Headquarters and the Government. This (allegedly) serious breach demands that there be an audit of the systems at SOCU and the Guyana Police Force.

And while we are at it, the Minister of Natural Resources and the Environment should investigate a particular shoe store on Regent Street, where (it is alleged that) the largest amount of mercury is illegally sold. The Justice For All Party did not campaign against one set of oppression to have it replaced by another.

As part of the Media Association and as an active campaigner, The JFAP and CNS Channel 6 have stood for democracy and a free press which is responsible and upholds the ethics of the profession. The Media Monitoring Unit also needs to speak up on this type of reporting in the name of a free press.

Yours truly,
MRS. SAVITREE SHARMA
General Secretary, Justice For All Party/Member of APNU