Dear Editor,
EVER since the controversial no-confidence motion, there have been in my observations, colluded attempts by local and international agencies to oust the current coalition government through exaggerated claims and unfounded conclusions.
Based on subjective opinions from the opposition members, the international community has called for measures to maintain “democracy,” yet the alleged wrongdoings of the PPP/C have been ignored or minimised by the international media. How can the image of the opposition party be of a clean slate when it was only a few years ago that the PPP/C ruled Guyana with a taste of authoritarianism and allegedly conducted extra-judicial murders and human rights abuses during their sordid reign of intimidation?
Furthermore, “Opposition Protesters” have been conducting acts of violence against police and civilians. A school bus was attacked and torched. Several schoolchildren were injured in the attack. A young man started chopping up police officers, and the PPP supporters have hailed the criminal as a “martyr.” Is this the “democracy” that the international bodies are supporting?
In my honest belief, these acts are not sporadic grassroots movements, but a calculated attempt by the well-monied PPP/C elite and international organisations to sabotage the political, social and economic stability of the nation by forcing the President to step down, so that the PPP/C can continue its alleged phantom squads, discrimination and extra-judicial murders at the behest of most of their supporters.
Regards,
Riaz Hamid
Source: https://issuu.com/guyanachroniclee-paper/docs/guyana_chronicle_e-paper_3-9-2020