Dear Editor
SO, this grouping called Civil Society has finally declared its position? One wonders why it took so long to crawl out from its woodwork. Not that it has been undergoing any known, gradual metamorphosis that should have delayed its re-emergence, thus signalling a transformation from what it has mostly been from its so called existence during the over two decades of Peoples Progressive Party/Civic(PPP/C) governance, and during which it was a sham collective of mostly party supporters, as it still is: Yes, people, and those seeking to catch the political eye. Of course, there were a few genuine members willing to make a genuine contribution to finding solutions to national problems; but they were/still are, mostly political sycophants, bounded, bought and compromised by political patronage.

This is a curious association which, if one recalls very clearly, would be summoned to the then Office of the President during periods of social tension. They were an amusing trek of supposedly cross-social representatives who journeyed to the executive complex on foot, bicycles, and cars to be appraised of whatever situation that had caused them to be invited. As to what were the exchanges? The general public would have been left to assume as to whatever “advice’’, and renewed pledges of support they gave to the then Executive.

However, one thing is certain about this grouping of citizens then – they were shamefully silent on the criminal abuses of the then government, inclusive of its patent policy of marginalisation in all of its discriminatory shades. And since they were residents here at that shameful period of our country’s history, they cannot deny awareness, or knowledge as to the seminal impact that such racist practice was having on a section of the Guyanese nation, and that it had been the cause of much bitterness and discontent, and division. And yet, they were silent.

One would have observed this group, either migrating to the deep farther most galaxies, or to the deepest sections of the earth since 2015, when Jagdeo resorted to his usual dangerous incitement of racism, and all forms of political nastiness, in what has ever become a clear, orchestrated attempt to remove a duly elected government from office.

And, as expected, dumb silence from these so-called representative consciences of society.
Therefore, to have recently emerged, though not surprisingly, to accuse President Granger of abdicating his constitutional responsibility to GECOM with regard an election date, is once again ample proof of its obnoxious hypocrisy, as it continues its unmistakable partisan agenda in the name of the PPP/C; no doubt deliberate in its dishonest assistance in creating a constitutional crisis.

Such a statement, deceptively putrid, since some of its components quickly disassociate themselves with such treachery, begs the question as to whether whatever collective they are, are not ashamed to be part of a dangerous attempt to distort the constitution, as far as the constitutional responsibility for national elections is the remit of GECOM. They have continued to give the concept of civil society a bad name. But this is the Guyana context of this thing called civil society – a grouping that represents no other segment of society, except its vested interests, and the PPP/C.
Regards
Earl Hamilton