Dear Editor,

IN years to come, many who now condemn MP Persaud as a traitor may look back at his fateful action of December 21st and recognise him as the man who took the brave first step of forcing politicians to take responsibility for their actions.

The PPP as a party should not celebrate but use this as time to reflect on the ills they have done.

It is sad that Dr. Luncheon, Sam Hinds, Lumumba, Edghill et al did not protest for the rights of blacks under [the] PPP’s elective dictatorship.

In my humble opinion, rather than calling my new hero, MP Persaud a traitor, they should recognise where the real traitors live– Pradoville. Dr. Luncheon, who defended 23 years with a no black ambassador, foolishly saying from his toothless mouth that no black was qualified to fill that role. An insult to black professionals from their own. Bishop Edghill, as head of the ERC, saw widespread discrimination of blacks and turned a blind eye while serving his PPP aligned god. Lumumba enjoying his party privileges and women; too preoccupied to focus on issues affecting his people. Sam Hinds– a product of Linden but yet a great destructor of Linden. Kwame McCoy– a political minion who was happy to attack his own; Mark Benchop comes to mind. Brindley Benn– happy to harass the poor vendors. Clement Rohee– bitten by a goat and loss his senses; not that he had much. And the list goes on. The real traitors. Check their pockets and you will find thirty pieces of silver.

To me, this vote highlighted the difference between the two groups. One who feels for their brotherly own and [the] other who feel for their material own. Listen to MP Persaud. He was defending his own—the sugar workers. You may not like it, but I admire him as a principled man who stood up for his own.

One friend gleefully said to me– long live the PPP. I politely said, mate, don’t get beside yourself. Turn the political refrigerator on. They may be dead sooner than you think. There is only so much a people can take.

Regards,

Dr. Mark Devonish MBBS MSc MRCP(UK) FRCP(Edin)
Consultant Acute Medicine
Nottingham University Hospital
UK