Dear Editor,

FAR from debunking ‘all the misrepresentations,’ Mr Harri P. Beharry has now implicitly concurred with all that I have written in my letter.

I am elated that Mr Beharry has now admitted that ‘he is not enslaved by any political party’, which is sufficient evidence to support my view that he has taken ‘trips’ with all the major and minor political parties. He may be using different words, but it all amounts to the same and it proves that he has no political loyalty. He is so ego-centric that he cannot bear the fact when anyone has a different view from his own. Hence his hasty departures from these parties.

Mr Beharry as an elderly person who has wide experience should know that lack of loyalty is one of the major causes of failure in life. I am sure that his current experimentation with the URP will produce the same results. Let me give him some advice on loyalty: ‘Those who don’t know the value of loyalty, can never appreciate the cost of betrayal’. It is easy to speak about ‘navel strings’ not buried in any political party, but if you want to be independent you should never undertake the role of a confidence trickster. You seem to feel that it is easier to change political allegiance rather than striving to put your own house in order (URP or which ever one). Am I the only problem you can find in Region Six? Why don’t you write about your grievances with the APNU+AFC coalition if you have any, instead of targeting me?

Mr Beharry then tried in vain to vindicate himself by saying that the vehicles parked on the road sides in front of his house do not belong to him. This is a blatant lie. The dam (Baker Shop Dam) he mentioned is a few hundred yards from his house, so I am not mistaken– the vehicles and pumps belong to him. He manufactures water pumps for rice farmers and deals with heavy-duty agricultural machinery.
Mr Beharry then seeks to promote me to ministerial status when he argued that I ‘should make certain decisions on the spot’. This man has to be badly affected by his geriatric afflictions. I have mentioned that I am the ‘ear and eyes of the various ministries and the mouth of the complainants’. It seems that he believes that listening to grievances and forwarding those to the relevant ministries and departments are a waste of time. He feels that all the ministers and government heads should traverse the country and make on-the-spot decisions to satisfy everyone. May I remind him that running a country is vastly different from running his little fabrication workshop. This great entrepreneur then went on in his characteristic abrasive and insultive manner to say that my job can be done by a ‘work study student’. This man’s penchant for mediocrity and ‘gutter’ attacks would make a lady of the night blush.

Mr Beharry then in his innate puerile characteristic attempted to obliterate my input in exposing the theft of the 150 bags of fertiliser by claiming that, ‘a senior regional functionary’ told him that he called me to ‘see what best ‘ I could do about the matter. If this was indeed so, then why would Mr Beharry ask me to throw some light on the matter? Why would farmers ask him, ‘ah wanda wha happen wid da fertiliser story’? I do feel that Mr Beharry is craving some relevance. The farmers have no interest in the fertiliser, it was not stolen from them and neither did they steal it. He should have contacted the relevant authority; I cannot give information to which I am not privy. I am wondering if he asked if this senior regional functionary’ gave information to me. This exposes this man’s lying and diabolical trait. His futile efforts to defame me seem to know no boundaries.

However, I must observe that Mr Beharry’s attack is not motivated by his effort to save taxpayers’ dollars as he claimed, but it comes from his natural compulsive nature to attempt to thwart and frustrate my genuine efforts to improve the lives of the people of Region Six, hoping that in so doing he would elevate himself and gain some public recognition for which he so lustfully yearns.
In conclusion, I invite him to work together with me for the betterment of Region Six. I am sure if he shed some of his negative traits he can make a valuable contribution not only to this region, but to the entire country. Probably if he writes again I would like to hear about his contributions, not his attack on me or an attack on the Minister of Agriculture who has visited Region Six and addressed problems, nine times in 2017 (three times on the Upper Corentyne where he lives, he never made an attempt to attend one of these meetings).

Regards

Mr. Gobin Harbhajan
Regional Democratic Councillor