Dear Editor,
The wannabe Presidential contender is calling for the boycott of local businesses and, by extension, associated products and services. Is he a friend or foe? Is he living in La-La Land?
Is this the unpatriotic manifesto: to demand of consumers and pressure businesses, which seek to protect their interests – because the contender got ensnared in an international scandal?
The resort to threats and demands is not the hallmark of a Presidential contender.
Must businesses be made the scapegoats and suffer collateral damage all because they chose not to ignore the very clear consequences of the imposed sanctions on the contender?
It has to be wondered if, elected to the office he seeks, these businesses would be closed or a demand made for the reinstatement of the account holders even though the sanctions might be in force.
The right to associate is guaranteed. But such a right comes with responsibilities. To ignore or disregard for a specific purpose those responsibilities is to court outcomes of such actions.
Yours sincerely,
Shamshun Mohamed
