Dear Editor
I REFER to Cheryl Campbell’s “Dharamlall’s cheap attack on our chief Toshao”, Guyana Chronicle, October 16, 2019.

Why am I not surprised by what Ms. Campbell has written, for [it’s] yet another revelation of the political canaille which the PPP/C leader has fostered and which rabble, daily surrounds him.

Call it a tragedy for the future of a party that cries out for a new cadre of leadership that will be a welcomed departure from its current politically decayed state.

Such a Facebook post is intended not only to devalue the social dignity of the Chief Toshao but also bring the government into disrepute which perhaps may have been responsible for accommodation arrangements. One should then wonder at the social devaluation shown for the high offices of the Toshaos, by the Dharamlalls, by offering beers; yes, beers, served under the bottom house of the Church Street offices of the leader of the political opposition after discouraging some of these hinterland leaders from attending a cocktail event at State House, hosted by His Excellency, the President.

That is giving due decorum and respect to an important segment of the nation’s leaders. Talking about this bottom house mentality! That was just an example as to how Indigenous people are thought of, by a political party guilty of insulting the personal dignity of these well-deserving citizens of Guyana. Only as beer-drinkers!

The Dharamlalls of this country received opportunities which had been denied better quality and similarly young PPP/C members. They were reposed with an authority, by way of their official titles of office, to lead, and gave genuine and quality assistance to citizens, as mandated, particularly inclusive of some of their constituents. Ms. Campbell has given an insight to the desultory actions, less than desirable that were meted out to her brethren with the process of time.

Editor, the public is aware of the bullying, coercive tactics and the personal insults suffered by many Indigenous leaders, who were shouted upon and cursed like non-entities for years as a means of the PPP/C exerting political control. It was simply a case of these hinterland leaders not being allowed to decide what are in the best interests of their communities wherever these were, under daily threats.

But the Dharamlalls have not learned from their prior experience in which they exercised both power and authority abusively, and completely ignored the responsibility and decorum that is integral to their office and its functions. This has been continuously seen in the opposition’s post-2015 response to its defeat, by actions of the Dharamlalls who have taken a position that has exceeded the traditional norms of adversarial politics.

Without even bothering to state the prior instances of such cesspool conduct, the recent obnoxious and disrespectful behavior displayed at the Arthur Chung Conference centre, is again, a further display of a lack of any personal moral understanding, heralding a betrayal of proper leadership for those that these sadly misguided so-called young PPP/C leaders pretend to lead. It is not about the ‘political party’, as Ms Campbell has correctly stated – it is about respect for the office of pre-eminence that the President holds. And it is standard protocol in any jurisdiction, even in Guyana where the Dharamlalls believe that they can subvert the long-standing and irrefutable mores to suit their partisan and selfish ends and anti-national agenda.

The Chief Toshao must be commended for taking to task those who had been led astray by the Dharamlalls.
Just what does this PPP/C cabal hope to achieve by such display of moral decadence, as they continue to mislead those that they claim are supporters of their party? Only a further view of who they really are – the poor quality of leadership which they continue to display.
Editor, there is no doubt that such personal contempt is intended to provoke a certain response from sections of our demographics, with the shallow-minded political minions failing to take into consideration the forces that every such action releases. It is advised that they read history; that is if they will understand its many bitter lessons for those who continuously defy its numerous self-informing examples.
Regards
Carla Mendonca