Say NO to the Mayor’s plan of intimidation

IF one were to give even a conservative interpretation to Mayor Hamilton Green’s statement as reported in the June 12th edition of the Guyana Times newspaper, under the caption ‘Green threatens to mount intensive campaign against Sooba’, it points to a declaration of war against the Town Clerk.What is so shocking is the language that the Chief Citizen of Georgetown has used in describing his actions towards the sole intention of ousting the City’s Chief Executive. Now, let us trace his steps.
The matter as to occupation of the Office she now holds is currently before the Courts, and which verdict Mr. Green has the good sense to await. However, if one would read him correctly, he is not prepared to respect the judicial decision if it does not favour his expected outcome. In other words, as far as he is concerned Sooba has to go since he is going to orchestrate an intense political onslaught against her.
Surely, this is the drums of war being sounded for battle against the Town Clerk. What an intention clearly defined by a former Prime Minister who sometimes had performed the duties of President! This is the same citizen who, at various periods of his current office, had with all self-righteousness declared about the need for a “moral and spiritual revival” to be inculcated and become a part of the national order of the nation.
This citizen is therefore saying to us all that he is prepared to take the Law into his hands in order to have the Town Clerk removed from her seat. This is a position that reeks of lawlessness, and intense hatred, with a subtle hint of violence that is being directed towards Ms. Sooba’s person. Note the steps that are unmistakably designed to terrorise and cause unease. Such must be condemned, and the Mayor be told that such actions have no place in our country and will be resisted.
Citizens must say ‘No’ to the Mayor’s plan of intimidation.