Prime Minister Mottley should have declined the national award

Dear Editor,
It is my considered view, and that of many others with whom I conferred, that the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Mia Mottley, should not have accepted our nation’s second-highest national award from caretaker President David Granger. Prime minister Mottley, currently the Chairperson of the Caricom Heads of Government Conference, must, or ought, to be aware of the illegal status of the Government of Guyana and that the Government continues to function in defiance of the Constitution and by the undemocratic imposition of its will on the people of Guyana.
Prime Minister Mottley, by David Granger’s tactful generosity, will find herself in an awkward position. As Chair of Caricom’s Heads of Government Conference, and with Caricom fielding an observer mission for the forthcoming national elections, the Honourable Prime Minister will quite likely be expected to issue/make a statement on the fairness and credibility of our elections. If evidence of tampering, manipulation and rigging occurs (which many Guyanese fear is highly likely) to facilitate a planned outcome, Prime Minister Mottley would be expected to condemn this. If the evidence of this tampering, manipulation and rigging is placed at the door of the APNU/AFC, Prime Minister Mottley would be expected to condemn that group led by the man who just conferred on her Guyana’s second-highest national honour and maybe the Honourable lady just might. The notoriety of the PNC which David Granger leads, for elections rigging, has been well documented and is well known. All Guyanese must be vigilant about our elections processes and if tampering, manipulation and rigging are evident, we must wait with bated breath for the response of Prime Minister Mottley.

Sincerely,
Selwyn Persaud