THE parents of Adrianna Younge are ordinary, humble people. I assume they have no experience in the art of politics and the nature of politicians.
But what opposition politicians are doing to their daughter’s name is beyond horrible. Civil society organisations that are anti-government and opposition parties are desecrating the name of Adrianna Young in the most vulgar and sickening ways for political mileage.

The Younge family ought to put an immediate end to this vulgarisation of a tragedy that exists right inside their soul, and politicians are downright unconcerned about that.
They are concerned about their political agenda. I implore the Younge family – see these people for what they are. The obsession is not with Adrianna’s death but the political gain that could come from using the tragedy.

I now offer one piece of evidence to the Younge family of the extent to which their daughter’s death is cynically and recklessly being used by politicians for political purposes.
On Monday afternoon, way into the night, low-life, uncivilised hooligans who couldn’t be bothered with the drowning of Adrianna Younge rampaged in various parts of Guyana and brutalised dozens of innocent Guyanese many of whom probably carried a symbolic sympathy for Adrianna.

The properties of innocent people were burned and looted. Children had acid thrown on them and in one case where the parents are not prepared to go public with the identification of their daughter, a teenager was gang-raped. At the time of writing, I am waiting on more details on this gang rape from one of the most known businessmen from the Turkeyen/Cummings Lodge/ Industry area.

Against the backdrop of this unspeakable journey into human despicability, Nigel Hughes and Terrance Campbell held a press conference at the sight of the Younge family tragedy and advocated sympathy for people who looted, burned and attacked innocent people including children younger than Adrianna.

I am asking the father and mother of Adrianna to look at that video of Campbell and Hughes praising the scum that embarrassed Guyana in the eyes of the world, and called for a sympathetic understanding of these low-life, uncivilised creatures.
These monsters threw acid on school children. These monsters raped a teenager. This descent into non-civilised existence happened in full view of the world.

And Campbell and Hughes held a press conference to advocate sympathy for these civilised hooligans. Campbell went further and told his audience that many of us came from the economic background similar to the people he and Hughes referred to as “scrapes.”
I will do a separate column and inform that dullard, Campbell, that I came from a background a million times more depressing than all, yes, all the men and women that tried to burn down Guyana last Monday, but I never robbed any innocent bystander in my entire life.
Does the Younge family know how rich Campbell and Hughes are? When they are sick, they can charter a private plane out of Guyana. Ravi Dev says that Campbell may be a billionaire. No doubt, so is Hughes.

Was it not funny watching these two billionaires expressing sympathy for people who were rampaging all over Guyana trying to rob and kill women and children? May I remind readers that Campbell has a food outlet that charges $1,000 for a simple ice cream cone?
Surely, the Younge family should know that these two billionaires have put forward themselves to be President of Guyana. So if because of some miracle (that is one miracle that will never happen) one of them becomes President of Guyana, then this country will have,

after a day and night of brutal violence committed on this nation by uncivilised thugs, a president that went before the nation and urged the nation to understand the plight of these low-life hooligans.
Some of them have been charged. I grew up hearing my parents talk about locking up people and throwing away the key. I hope such a fate awaits those who threw acid on schoolchildren and raped a teenager on Monday, April 28, 2025.

I will conclude this column by a sincere appeal to the parents of Adrianna Younge- do not let your daughter’s name be despoiled by people who don’t care about you and your dead daughter.
They see you and your dead daughter as a means to an end. The end is political power for them. The crew is a motley one. It contains the political opposition, civil society actors and sections of the press. They have one thing in common – the opportunity of Adrianna’s

mysterious death presents a golden opportunity to confront and weaken the government. I appeal to Adrianna’s parents; don’t let them do this to your dead daughter

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