A call to Brig David Granger
Dear Editor,
I have been in active politics for fifty-seven years, and not a supporter of a political party but as an executive member and front bencher for my party, T.U.F.
I would like Mr. David Granger of APNU to rethink his party’s objection to the Anti Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Bill.
Mr. Granger, I know you are a soldier and soldiers were taught to fight, but the rules of engagement in your objection to that Bill will have dire consequences for our country.
Sir, I ask you not to follow or be misled by Moses Nagamootoo, Khemraj Ramjattan and Rupert Roopnaraine of APNU.
In the case of Rupert Roopnaraine, after the P.N.C office on Camp Street was burnt down and the goons of Burnham were looking for Rupert Roopnaraine he went into hiding in the cane fields. He was a frightened man and had it not been for the P.P.P sending food for him there, he would have starved to death.
Mr. Granger should have a second thought about that Bill — do not look for political self aggrandizement.
Does it take the funeral of a Member of Parliament for us the ordinary man to observe camaraderie and togetherness among our MPs from both the opposition and government? I was at St Andrew’s Kirk and I wondered if these are the same people who usually fight down each other in parliament.
I remembered well the funeral service for the late president Mr. Desmond Hoyte and there I saw former president Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo in genuine grief and very close to the late First Lady Mrs. Hoyte as though she was his own mother.
The tributes for the late MP Deborah Barker from both sides of the divide were genuine, especially the kind words of the Attorney General Mr Anil Nandlall. That presentation could have matched the best presentation at any forum. It was exquisite.
Murtland Williams