Dear Editor
I am supportive of the APNU+AFC Administration of President David Granger holding a CoI into the 2002-2009 crime wave.
As an outsider looking in, the gist of the problems started when “activists/politicians” tried to enlighten African Guyanese to their plight, claiming that they were being systematically discriminated against and being marginalized. People did not really understand what words like discrimination and marginalization meant; they just knew they were bad words because “activists/politicians” said so.
This led to certain Guyanese picking up guns to fight for their “rights,” becoming “freedom fighters” in the eyes of some.
Because of the unprecedented out-of-control crime spree, which the Police were unable to get a grip on, the phantom squad/s were formed, and they retaliated against the “freedom fighters”.
In a way, the crime wave was an attempt to bring down the democratically elected PPP/C Government.
Yours faithfully,
Sean Ori
