…for criminals
Tacuma Ogunseye is a member of the WPA and as far as your Eyewitness knows, he still holds a job with the Government…Office of the President? He used to be with ACDA but they dumped him for being too “radical”. He just penned a letter to the press which illustrates why we’ll never get out of the political morass that has stymied our development for the last 60 years. In suggesting that Ramjattan ought to be also looking to reduce the source of crime – which Ogunseye pins on “poverty” – he took the opportunity to invoke the post 1998 crime wave.
But oh, what a one-eyed view it was!! Ogunseye gnashed his teeth about the activities of the “phantom squad”: “As a result of the PPP/C regime covenant with known drug lords, the nation witnessed for the first time in its history, the emergence of an unprecedented rise in State-sponsored executions that led to the birth of the so-called phantom killers and the criminalisation of the State.”
But even granting all of this, why didn’t Ogunseye not even ONCE mention what brought on those “killer squads”. Did they arise full blown (and grown) from the brow of Zeus?? Not once did he also mention the five “Mash Day Escapees”, who might have arose full-blown from the brow of Ogun, the Yoruba God of War!! They promptly set up camp in the heart of Buxton and declared war on the state of Guyana. Was it because they specifically declared themselves – on a tape shown on national TV – as were Freedom Fighters on behalf of African Guyanese?
Ogunseye says that crime wave “had a negative impact on the political, economic and social situation in the country. The end results were overcrowded jails that up to today are populated with young men, most of whom were born and brought up under the PPP/C regime.” So the PPP’s responsible for the Freedom Fighters, recruiting hundreds of young men to act as lookouts in Buxton or training them for the “freedom fight” in the backlands of Buxton??
Then there were the drug-laced orgies held at the “line top” in Buxton where young girls were routinely raped. Does Ogunseye think respect for women were inculcated in those parties. And the killings? It wasn’t only Policemen who were killed… what about the maraudings in the neighbouring villages where innocent Indians were butchered??
And as to why the Phantoms weren’t “taken out” in Guyana…Could it be because their confessed leader Roger Khan, identified by Ogunseye, took out a full-page ad in the press boasting about his links to the then CoP?
Who was rewarded by being made a Minister in this Government!!
…and whistling in the dark
The AFC second tier leaders were ebullient after the High Court rejected the PPP’s case challenging some of their candidates at the LGE! One report said they were in “high spirits” – which is the default status of their leaders Nagamootoo and Ramjattan – excepting that their “spirits” usually come in a bottle!! Is it catching?! Now nothing’s wrong with being optimistic – but these young’uns had to be whistling in the dark. Even THEY couldn’t have missed the fact that the best “crowd” they were able to muster at their meetings was 10 in Kitty!!
But unfortunately, they really set themselves up for a great fall when they boasted that “AFC votes can’t be forged on Election Day”!! Your Eyewitness agrees specifically on this specific claim because their PNC partner – which does the rigging – has put them out to pasture!! But because they’re on their own, your Eyewitness predicts THE AFC WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ELECT A SINGLE COUNCILLOR ACROSS GUYANA!!
After all, there’s nothing you can do with dead meat, save throwing it into the garbage!!
…a murder most foul
Your Eyewitness wants you dear readers not to get your hopes up that any action will be taken against the “intellectual authors” of the murder of Khashoggi.
Remember the fate of the Rodney Inquiry here?
