So, another well known social commentator has joined the quarrel against the granting of radio  licences by the  former  Bharrat Jagdeo government. This time the voice of the Guyana  Human Rights Association President, Mike McCormack, has criticised the  “discriminatory”  issuance of several radio licences, dubbing the issue “an intolerable one that requires firm action to be taken”.     Like all the others, Mc Cormack  has completely missed the bus by more than a mile! He has failed to capture the significance of that dispensation as carried out by the former president – the widening of the broadcast media. Or he, like all the others, is clinging on to the convenient argument  as to the personalities as recipients?
Not Mc Cormack, he clearly understands the issues, but is prepared to parrot the well-known opposition line.
But this is the usual manner of the GHRA head, lop sided,  as he is traditionally known to be, when he is pronouncing on issues that involve criminals being overpowered  by the police. It is always the lawmen who are the sinners, but never the criminals who would have caused so much fear, injury, and even death to  their  victims. He needs to be reminded that human rights are  not only  confined to the domain of those who are in conflict with the law. It is the justified right of even victim(s) as well – such as his/her right to dwell in his/her home without such being illegally invaded by sub-cultural elements.
For an organisation that is funded through international means, it is surprising that McCormack can never take a position that is not apparently opposition influenced.