Dear Editor,

TWO persons were found dead recently and unconfirmed reports suggested that they committed suicide.

The PPP-front propaganda broadsheet screamed that the alleged suicide was due to the deceased persons being sacked by GuySuCo.

A letter from a PPP activist in Berbice elevated and glorified the alleged suicide as “martyrdom” of sugar workers.

As for “Dacta” Jagdeo, the closure of the sugar estates at Wales and Rose Hall has caused “depression.”

The PPP is using the unfortunate deaths to whip up both ethnic insecurity and industrial unrest. It had tried to do so by a motion in 2016 in the National Assembly claiming that the farmers in Essequibo had committed suicide after the loss of the Venezuela rice market. Farmers ignored the PPP fearmongering.

I recall that soon after the coalition took office, the PPP incited residents on the Corentyne to burn tyres and protest for the removal of the Public Security Minister after a woman was murdered.

A high PPP official had gone to the area and hugged the husband of the deceased and cried over his shoulders! Police investigations resulted in the very husband being charged for the offence.

Guyanese must be on alert that the PPP will cling at every straw to undermine confidence in their country and to spread fear.

Yours sincerely,
Earl Hamilton