Dear Editor,
I have concluded that the GPSU must have observed a different election from everyone else for it to reach the conclusions it recently disclosed.
According to what I saw in the media, the workers union said it determined that there were irregularities which marred the voting process. I had expected to learn more from the Union about its conclusions, and I thought it would have offered specific examples of the irregularities it claimed occurred. Rather, the GPSU offered abstract and empty statements as it sought to justify a hardly justifiable call for the elections to be annulled. It begs the question that, having knowledge of such occurrences, what prevented the Union from making its views known earlier? Did it have to wait on any master/s?
The GPSU’s findings indeed stand out, as it is the only observer grouping that has found such issues during the election. It comes back to my statement that the Union had to be observing a different election.
There exists no evidence that upholds this conclusion, and the elections were given a clean bill of health; that is, until the actions of Mr Mingo, which has gotten us where we are presently.
I am saddened that a long-standing Union like the GPSU would throw caution and its credibility to the wind and unashamedly lend a voice to the Government. Principles are principles, and they ought to remain sacrosanct, and not compromised on any whim or fancy.
The actions of the GPSU cause me great unease, and causes me to wonder how it can really, and on principled grounds, represent its members. Clearly, the GPSU has shown its hand, and its members need to take notice.
Yours faithfully,
Patricia Persaud
