Dear Editor,
It is said that politics is a dirty game but I vehemently reject that statement, I’d rather say there are dirty men in politics and my confirmation of that declaration is based on the solid facts that confront us in Guyana.
A cabal of dirty old men and women who refuse to submit to the rule of law that states when you lose an election, the decent, moral and upright thing to do is concede defeat and let the country move on. Not to hold on to power, not resorting to all sorts of frivolous and downright ridiculous excuses for not wanting to leave office.
I am talking about the sickening situation where after 71 days of an election no legitimate Government has been installed. It is the sort of thing that causes you to get sick in the stomach and makes you want to puke. This is Guyana, “Oh beautiful” Guyana; it’s all happening right here. Doubtless to say we have also painted for ourselves the disgraceful picture of being the mocking-stock of the world!
In normal places, where there are normal people, at the end of an election, the normal thing is for the loser to pick up the phone and call the winner congratulating him on his accession to office and that’s about it. Guyana Elections on March 2, 2020, did produce a winner as well as a loser, however, the loser refuses to call the winner to congratulate him.
And here we have a problem, a huge problem where the loser is either “not normal” or just a plain old barefaced bully who plans to tough it out to the very end. This is unacceptable behaviour that would not be allowed to flourish here.
At this critical stage of our existence, we can ill afford to have an ageing dictator directing our affairs, the people of this great country have spoken in no uncertain terms and that I think must be respected. I call on Mr Granger to do the decent, moral and gentlemanly thing and concede defeat.
Respectfully,
Neil Adams
