Dear Editor,
Dr Leslie Ramsammy is back at it again. For those who may have been residing over the past 30 years in some random cave in Afghanistan, Leslie Ramsammy was a former Minister of Health. Dr Ramsammy was the epitome of incompetence in that capacity, so much so that he was oblivious to the dramatic decline in the health service under his watch. But there is another side to Dr Ramsammy. He was apparently close mates with Roger Khan. Don’t be misled by Roger’s surname. Roger was no peace- loving, Koran-hugging, Allah-praising Muslim. He is a convicted drug trafficker. He is a murderer. In sworn testimony in a U.S. court; he was implicated as head of the notorious phantom squad that murdered hundreds of innocent Guyanese. His defence attorney, in an attempt to have him acquitted, arranged to exterminate witnesses. In the court case Roger Khan was also linked with the terrorist group, FARC, where he was implicated in a large drugs-for-arms barter. But what was most concerning about Roger Khan was the level of support he received from the PPP Government. He was caught in Guyana with sophisticated spyware equipment which is sold only to governments. He was rightfully arrested with said spyware equipment but then actors in the PPP government instructed that he and his spyware equipment be set free. Then at Roger Khan’s trial in America, bombshell testimony and evidence produced revealed that Dr Ramsammy signed for Roger Khan’s spyware equipment since as alluded to earlier, only governments can source them. Clearly, Dr Ramsammy was in bed with the murderous and drug-pushing Roger Khan. That did not surprise many, since Khan said as much in a newspaper advertisement. Essentially, he claimed that he worked with the PPP Government to “fight crime.” This was as a kind of quid pro quo arrangement. Khan “fought” crime by murdering hundreds of innocent men and in exchange the PPP Government provided him protection to conduct his drugs and arms trade.

Now, it appears that Dr Ramsammy is back at it again. Clearly, the poor chap struggles to keep his nose clean. A few days ago, a gentleman who answers to the name Bryan MacKintosh posted a series of threatening posts and videos on facebook. I saw the videos and posts and wondered how this gentleman could be walking free. Clearly, the police had similar thoughts and arrested him Friday night. Dr Ramsammy, based on what I was told, claimed that the gentleman is a political prisoner. Clearly, Dr Ramsammy must be short of sleep for some unknown reason. I would want to believe that sleeping in the exclusive and tranquil area of “Pradoville” must be relaxing for him. Is he being bothered by pinworms that have him up all night scratching? Is he worried by the recent indictment of the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro for narcotic-terrorism? Is benign prostate hypertrophy associated urinary frequency interrupted his night rest? Surely, there must be a reason for this doctor, of all small things crawling, to make such a preposterous claim. As a result, I will put forward to you, the reader the evidence and you can make that determination whether Bryan is a political prisoner.

Amnesty International defines a political prisoner as someone imprisoned because they have opposed or criticised the government responsible for their imprisonment. Was Bryan opposing or criticising the government at anytime? I have no evidence to support that. What I do know is that he along with nearly 50 persons would have a 24-hour-a day-vigil for securely locked ballot boxes. That must be the height of stupidity when one considers that the coronavirus is roaming the streets and you are literally a cough away from a ventilator. So my point is, if the police arrested him for guarding ballot boxes then why did they not arrest others in the group? Surely, there must be much more to this story. So what had Bryan done? First, he made a post on social media that he is wanted by the FBI but he needed to let the FBI know that he is worse than Osama Bin Laden. Surely, informing the Americans that you are worse than Bin Laden would not expedite your visa application. After that post he was not arrested. Since the Americans ignored him he thought that he needed to, in the first instance, make his name locally as a terrorist. He then released an Osama Bin Laden-type video promising a “bloodbath” in the streets of Georgetown. He then made threats to Attorney General Basil Williams, Director-General of the Ministry of the Presidency, Joe Harmon, Attorney James Bond and a former genuine political prisoner Mark Benschop. Dr Ramsammy is this what you consider as a political prisoner? Dr Ramsammy, under the PPP a young man was incarcerated for displaying the middle finger to President Bharrat Jagdeo’s entourage. And Dr Ramsammy soon got company in the foolery. PPP propagandist,Don Singh was arguing via social media video, that Bryan MacKintosh is entitled to free speech and should not have been arrested. What Don needs to understand is that free speech is not absolute. With free speech comes responsibility. It should not be abused. If Don feels that we should all be irresponsible with free speech, then I challenge him to grow his beard, board a plane and shout, “Allah Akbar, I have a bomb,” That may very well be the last words he would ever utter.

Now Dr. Leslie Ramsammy. This young man cannot stop placing his foot in his mouth.

Everything that he comments on seems to get him into difficulties. He cannot see further than party politics and in a desperation to score cheap political points he has once again earned a position in my dunce corner. Why would he think that Bryan MacKintosh is a political prisoner? Why even if he thinks so would he be foolish enough to make it public?

Regards
Dr Mark Devonish