Dear Editor,
I write to express my utmost displeasure with the behaviour of a group of persons outside Parliament Building on Thursday, October 18th, 2018.
As a strong Christian believer, and one of the many who supported the APNU/AFC coalition Government on the basis of its promise of morally upright leadership and other factors, I was terribly disappointed.
I had just left the Stabroek Market after making a few purchases, and was headed to the bus park when I noticed a very large crowd behind the barriers outside Parliament.
Like many others, it aroused my curiosity, and, as such, I ventured closer. Upon examination, I noticed there were three sets of persons: one group consisted of sugar workers, and another was made up of members of the Rastafarian community; both groups were ventilating on issues relative to their respective constituents. The third group of persons was mostly decked out in green, and some of them I recognised to be activists of the APNU.
It is this latter group which caused my consternation, owing to the vulgarity they displayed. By their actions, it was clear that this group’s sole intention was to intimidate and harass the protesting sugar workers. It was very sickening to see the hooliganism and vulgarity they displayed. I was ashamed.
Is this what President David Granger wants to be identified with? Did our President approve of this?
I am tempted to believe that this behaviour was sanctioned at the highest level, given the presence of many familiar faces among the group. Words cannot express the disappointment I felt.
I wish to remind President Granger that James chapter 1, verse 26 says, “If anyone thinks himself to be religious, and yet does not bridle his tongue but deceives his own heart, this man’s religion is worthless”.
He must therefore denounce what took place outside Parliament on that day if he wants to be seen in the same light again by me.
Sincerely yours,
Ryan Newton
