Dear Editor,
Ever since the PNC-led Granger Government took Office they went on a witch-hunting exercise as in their own words “to lock up all PPP/C Ministers of Government.” Why? Because in their agenda they want to see a broken ineffective Opposition, who would not stand a chance at being re-elected into Government again, hence, decimate them. They are up in arms against a PPP/C Opposition that is very vibrant and one who are standing up for the rights of the Guyanese. This they cannot handle. Therefore they are looking every which way to get that evil objective of theirs fulfilled. In this regard they have come up with SOCU and SARA. The first mentioned unit is to witch-hunt those former government officials and the second, is to bring them in guilty. In any case these are two unconstitutional, illegal agencies that were set up to carry out the Government’s dirty work.
So, it is an arduous uphill task to date because they have come up empty at every turn, so in retaliation to that embarrassment, they have introduced the SARA Bill in Parliament. The SARA Bill in its truest sense is a “judge, jury and executioner unit” meant to try these so called guilty parties and jail them! No doubt about that! There would be no fair hearing, no chance of a response to the charges brought against them – not even an appeal – but one and only one desired result, jail! Well, I have news for the SOCU and SARA: folks this is not how a civilised society is run. Civilisation dictates that these situations be tried and proven in a Court of Law. This is how it is done, Guyana is no exception. And even if, I repeat, even if they are proven guilty (which most certainly will, because it is a bogus Kangaroo court anyway) in that illegal set up they must be entitled to a review or appeal, that is the law.
So no one on the Opposition needs to worry. The only thing the Granger cabal have succeeded so far in doing is to expose themselves as absolute dictators who are averse to the rule of law, and that being interpreted to be that they are not prepared to abide by justice and fairness.
This means that we have arrived at a dangerous bend in the road where a selected group of party hacks are running the show. Nobody in this country has rights, even to defend oneself. In essence Granger’s Government decides for you.
In a related story this exact same highhandedness was tried and was shamelessly put in force by the PNC party in Government. A time when they party paramountcy reigned supreme. That party’s flag was flown over the Police command centre. They told us what to eat, where to live and most of all imprisoned us for breaking their corrupt laws. SARA is a peat of this. When you look at the whole scenario Granger and his comrades have resuscitated that concept.
Sincerely,
Neil Adams
