CAN it get worse than this? Is this stupidity present in other countries? Former PNC parliamentarian and current adviser to the PNC, Mr Sherwood Lowe actually said the things that I will describe below.
As you read, if you believe what Mr. Lowe mouthed off, then civilisation could not have survived. The fact that it survived means Mr. Lowe is a doltish man.

Mr. Lowe has blamed the government for the denial of bail for Baby Skello by Magistrate Judy Latchman. When told that it wasn’t a government decision but one that came from the judiciary, Mr Lowe went into the direction that can only cause a decent citizen to exclaim: “This country really got extraordinarily stupid people.”

Here is Mr Lowe’s explanation as to why Baby Skello was denied bail. Since the government is authoritarian, then such leadership influences the judiciary.
Then came the flow of asininity that maybe you will not find in any other country. Mr Lowe reasons that a judicial officer will give judgement in favour of the government because: “The son of a judge may want a scholarship, the daughter of a magistrate may want a contract.”

Take that to the limit and apply it across all countries across to all types of public officials, then civilisation has to break down. A teacher gives all A grades to a minister’s child because her husband wants a contract.
A drill sergeant in the army giving a trainee the perfect evaluation because the trainee is the nephew of the minister’s wife and the sergeant may need a scholarship for his son.
We could go on to give dozens of examples based on the crooked, contorted, convoluted, crazy theorising of a man who wants the Guyanese nation to vote into power his party, the PNC. You read what Lowe mouthed off and you cannot help think that the PNC is simply losing it.

For a PNC leader to tell Guyana that judges and magistrates could give decisions in favour of the government because they may want something in return is nothing short of absolute ignorance.
But while such thinking may be based on ignorance, you cannot help but feel sorry for PNC supporters who have to put up with the irrationality of their leaders who cannot offer logical explanations to life when asked.
So, let’s see how this works. Sherwood Lowe and PNC leaders are addressing a gathering of high school students. Mr Lowe tells them about how the judiciary operates; that the judges and magistrates will make a decision favourable to the government in return for something they have in mind.

A smart student gets up and asks Mr. Lowe if he believes in his theory, then explain how magistrates and judges rule against the government when the government is a litigant.
The student then shows Mr. Lowe that a judge ruled that teachers, whose union is headed by a PNC parliamentarian, when they were on strike, had to be paid for those strike days. A judge ordered Exxon to take out unlimited insurance in case of an oil spill.

A judge has denied the GRA permission to seize the vehicles of an opposition politician who is facing custom-evasion charges. These are just three examples to demonstrate Mr. Lowe’s stupidity.
What Mr. Lowe has said is insulting to the judiciary and he should be condemned. Disagreeing with a judicial decision is a right everyone is entitled to, but to argue that the judiciary may have members who may need a resource from the government so their decisions are pro-government is downright appalling.

So why did Lowe utter such unadulterated nonsense? Because we are in the election season and anything you can find to blame the government for will be grasped with unlimited energy. It boggles the mind how a magistrate’s decision to remand an accused is a conspiracy by the government. If Lowe believes that based on his theory of something in return, then why is the High Court petitioned for bail?

At the time of writing, I don’t know if Baby Skello secured bail, but I know he will. What is Lowe going to say if bail is granted? So, bail was denied because the government wanted it so. So, if bail is granted (which may happen after I submit this article here), where does that leave Lowe and his conspiratorial mind? It leaves him looking stupid, but that is not going to deter opposition personalities in an election year.
The cry is still “Justice for Adriana.” But no opposition figure sees the obligation to explain to this nation, especially its supporters, what is missing for this dead girl to get justice. What has to be done for her family to get justice? A simple explanation will do it.

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