All media houses should attend GOA’s 2016 elections

Dear Editor,
Did Guyana ever fully recover from boycotting the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, led by former President LFS Burnham? As a reminder, Guyana was slated to win gold by ‘Gilkes’ and to many, that boycott killed sport in Guyana; mainly track. I have spoken to many over the years and they all agreed. Some even asked me not to take them down that avenue because that situation killed the souls of many and they do not want to revisit that era. Burnham failed Guyana with that decision of boycotting. Yes, we stepped on the road to recovery, but nothing much to talk about. Can we get a total transformation? Yes, but we have to collectively be sheltered under one roof and firstly establish the objective of the mission and if we can afford huge sums for sports during the 2017 budget. A section of the media has started this new drama of blaming the current Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) President KA Juman-Yassin for Guyana’s failure at the just concluded 2016 Rio Olympic Games, which to my mind, in utter rubbish in its highest form. Guyana is a democratic country and it’s everyone’s right to challenge Juman-Yassin for his chair of the GOA and I welcome such a challenge.
I expect every media house to have the same interest with every sport fraternity election in Guyana and not side out GOA’s elections. All media house should make it their duty to be present during the 2016 GOA elections.

Yours faithfully,
T Pemberton