Dear Editor
PPP Member of Parliament Harry Gill had a seditious letter published in the Guyana Times on December 31, 2018, titled “Government is now desperate and scared.” Therein, he accused PNCR executive member Aubrey Norton of clutching at straws when he “accused former AFC Parliamentarian Charrandass Persaud of taking a bribe from Bharrat Jagdeo and the PPP.” He then accused me of being an “APNU letter-writer” who started the lie about Charrandass being bribed.

Everyday Gill publishes rambling essays in the press to justify that his intellect qualifies him to be Bharrat Jagdeo’s letter boy. It is therefore ironic that a letter boy would attempt to denigrate my advocacy for democracy, human rights and equal justice under law. Harry Gill must however note that my advocacy is pursued with intellectual fortitude, expository thinking and analytical depth; attributes from which he is unenviably divorced. Harry Gill is an alleged criminal who is currently being prosecuted in criminal court for assaulting a woman and other crimes. He has no moral turpitude and should be judicious with his personal attacks. He is a dingy man with a sordid character who is plagued with animal foot and mouth disease. Such a Jack the Ripper should therefore know his place.

Harry Gill posited in his letter that “If through some devious means government is able to pull off a judicial coup, this will not be accepted, and will set a dangerous precedent, one that may well lead to instability and civil unrest… “This time na like lang time.” His projection is inescapable. His party, which tried to overthrow the government, is telling the court that if that act is deemed unlawful by the court that will be a “judicial coup?” Contemptuous! Opposition leader Bharrat Jagdeo made the exact remark two weeks ago. It is a direct threat to the judiciary.

This PPP threat of widespread violence is seditious. It violates the laws of Guyana, including the Cybercrimes Act, Section18. 01. PPP sedition must not be tolerated. It was unacceptable to the PPP government and is unacceptable now. I hope Public Security Minister, Khemraj Ramjattan has seen this letter and has contingency plans to protect the public; similar to the measures he offered to Charrandass Persaud after his attempted overthrow of the minister’s own government. I also hope the honourable chancellor of the judiciary has given due regard to this threat. The police commissioner should direct that Harry Gill and Bharrat Jagdeo be interviewed about this threat within the context of the ongoing national security investigation.

In light of the attempted overthrow of his government, I anticipate that His Excellency the President is taking this threat seriously and has engaged the National Security Committee and Defence Board regarding this PPP threat to national security. The Private Sector Commission and other civil society stakeholders, who pretend to be objective brokers, but tacitly support the PPP subversive agenda, must condemn this incitement of violence.

Harry Gill’s effrontery that the potentially criminal no-confidence vote was an expression of the “will of the people” is an assault on democracy that suggests he needs substance abuse treatment. The will of the people is unequivocal. They democratically elected the APNU+AFC coalition government in 2015 for a five-year term. Barring a contradictory ruling from the court, the government will serve out its full constitutional five-year term. And, contrary to the PPP’s thinking, the APNU+AFC coalition has hundreds of thousands of supporters standing ready to safeguard their will as expressed in 2015, and to vote to return it to power if an election is called.

The no-confidence vote was unconstitutional. It is being challenged in court. Until such time as the court rules, Article 106 (7) of the constitution states that notwithstanding the vote, the government shall remain in office until new elections and a President sworn in. PPP claims that the coalition government is illegitimate is therefore misleading nonsense.

Notwithstanding the PPP’s unconvincing denials, prima facie evidence establishes that Charrandass Persaud was allegedly bribed for his vote. He allegedly attempted to use U.S.$1,000,000 (one million dollars) to purchase gold for exportation to Canada where he fled. Persaud also committed felony perjury and participated in an alleged conspiracy to overthrow the democratically elected government of Guyana. If Gill feels that Aubrey Norton and I made up the Charrandass bribery scandal, he should go expeditiously to the police and give a statement to that effect under oath and penalty of perjury.

Gill contended that the lawsuit challenging the validity of the December 21, 2018 no-confidence vote cannot help the government, because the Guyana Bar Association (GBA) has already issued a statement supporting the validity of the motion. This is crazy, “crackpot” nonsense. To borrow a phrase from Attorney Ryan Crawford, “Who is the “F-ing” (flipping) Bar Association?” I know Gill has foot and mouth disease, but did not realise that he was also a benighted buffoon who does not understand that the GBA is not a court of law. The court is the arbiter of justice and interpreter of the laws of Guyana, not the GBA.

Moreover, the Bar Council has been infiltrated by a nest of PPP puppets with a nefarious agenda. They have an incestuous, symbiotic relationship with the political opposition that is dangerous. I have consulted with a large number of lawyers in Guyana. They unanimously advised that no meeting of the association was called to discuss a consensus position on the instant matter. Consequently, the purported statement from the Bar Association, to which Gill referred, appears to be the personal view of the association’s President and is therefore nugatory.

Harry Gill concluded his letter by stating, “I suspect some in government will want to use this opportunity to hustle as much as possible during the period leading up to new elections.” He’s definitely confused about the government. It was his party’s government ministers that proceeded on a rampage to snatch up government assets when they were kicked out of office in 2015. Consequently, three former high-ranking PPP officials are currently before the courts charged with theft. One is charged with allegedly stealing close to one billion dollars. Their avarice is embarrassing to the nation. This is why the irony that emanates from Harry Gill is pathological. Maybe he should see a vet for a cure of his foot and mouth disease.
Regards
Rickford Burke