Dear Editor,

IT seems as though the former Attorney General, Anil Nandlall is on a high agenda to ensure that racism is the talk of the day with his weekly TV programme on NTN Berbice.

Last Tuesday (April 11th, 2017) he mentioned that Mr. Eric Phillips wrote an article that was published on the 11th April 2017 in Kaieteur News and he said that according to the article Indians are criminals.  Well, Nandalall seems to be losing it, the article was published on the 10th April and nowhere in the article did Mr. Phillips mention anything of the sort.

Nandlall went on to say that, the government and Mr. Phillips are claiming that the economy under the PPP was drugs money or narco-money.  Well, it is a fact.  But Nandlall went on to say that what the man mean is that “only Indians are drug dealers”. He even said that Mr. Phillips is telling the nation that all the big buildings that went up under the PPP were built with drugs money, especially where they are owned by Indians.

He went on to say that Mr. Phillips is saying to the Amerindians that they are not the first people of this land and that Africans are. Nandlall said that Phillips is saying to the Ameridians that they do not deserve lands in Guyana but only the blacks. All this is far from the truth that was stated in the article. Brothers and Sisters, Nandlall is stirring up real ethnic tensions in Guyana, especially in Berbice. He is using the Indians and Amerindians to believe that the blacks are attacking them.

This MP should be ashamed to do these things and call himself a Guyanese of worth.  It is a shame to see the pattern this man is designing, to make Guyana a united and better place. It seems as though all this man is doing is trying to divide a nation that wants peace and unity.

The Guyana National Broadcasting Authority (GNBA) is a dead meat.  It is either that they are not monitoring the political programmes on TV or that they are not prepared to sanction those who want to create racial tension by making racist remarks.

I call on all Berbicians to denounce Nandlall racial comments and ask him to stop his nonsense once and for all.  Berbicians are peaceful people, living, sharing, eating, dwelling, going places together, etc.  We must not encourage those who want to divide us. I call on the PPP to ask his man to stop the race-baiting that will drive fear into the lives of many. I call on the leader of the opposition to demand that the entire PPP stop using the race card and join hands with this government in an effort to unite Guyana.

I call on the Hon. Prime Minister, Moses Nagamootoo MP, who holds responsibility for GNBA to tell them to do their work and monitor these political programmes.  I ask of you to ensure that we put a stop to anyone and everyone who uses the public domain to incite racism amongst our people.  Berbicians must reject the racism of Nandlall.

Abel Seetaram
APNU+AFC
Regional Councillor
Region 5