Dear Editor,
In the United States an investigation by the New York Times of a movie mogul has apparently started a firestorm of alleged sexual assaults on a number of women which has gone beyond the entertainment industry to include sports and political leaders and news anchors.
In Guyana, the pioneers and leaders in the sexual abuse conflagration have been the Georgetown municipality with a constable allegedly involved not once but at least twice in the rape of two minors who were in the custody of the City Police Department.
The difference is that in the US persons who are being or who have been accused of such improprieties are being dealt with condignly, while in Georgetown the two senior culprits who have been involved in the attempted cover-up face no sanctions, but instead have been joyriding around the world at the expense of the citizenry.
It is scandalous that a senior official of the municipality could have been caught by the security personnel late at night in a boardroom of the Engineer’s Department at City Hall engaged in inappropriate conduct of a sexual nature with a recently employed female staffer, and yet was not sanctioned but rather rewarded with a trip to a distant and exotic location.
There is need for urgent action to be taken by the relevant authorities before our city is destroyed like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah which is a terribly sad story that reminds us just how much God hates sin.
Being called “the Fantastic Four Effect” — City Hall is afflicted by sexual abuse, nepotism, cronyism, bullyism, a lack of accountability, many instances of alleged fraud and corruption, bankruptcy, incompetence and fiscal squandermania.
There is urgent need for City Hall to be rescued from the extreme moral and physical decay it is suffering from.
Sincerely,
Anu Bihari
