No justice for the poor under this
government
Dear Editor,
The Commissioner of Police was not the only man who should have retiring this week, the policemen at Mibikuri Police Station should have retired with him since they are all misfit in the service to the people of the Black Bush Polder.
In December 2013, an 18 year old woman, Ms. Tarawattie Parasram, who was eight months pregnant was allegedly forced to drink a poisonous substance by her partner. After one month in and out of the hospital she died. Five reports were made to the Mibikuri Police Station and one at Whim, but zero effort was made to visit the bed-ridden teen. How can the Police not be interested in resolving this alleged crime?
When the child finally died, the policeman at Mibikuri Police Station then told the father than they cannot pursue the case without a statement from the victim. This is the reality for the poor people under this PPP Government. As the AFC MP, Dr.Ramaya said in his Budget debate speech, “they (the PPP) remain out of touch with the grass root people; they remain out of touch with the poor people…” Mind you the General Secretary of the PPP is in charge of the security sector.
Fast-forward to April 3, 2014 and one reads that within minutes of the sister-in-law of the new Commissioner of Police Mr. Persaud being robbed by armed bandits, Police swooped down on Agricola and arrested a suspect. Wonderful! Bravo! Same Police Force!
There is a silent war going on in Guyana. A class war by the “haves against the have-nots”. This is not a racial war. The victim in Berbice was a poor East Indian and the victim in Eccles was a well-connected East Indian. The masses, the poor and the working class are under attack from a clear and present danger – from the law-breaker on one side and from the lethargic system of law on the other; it is a double whammy of oppression.
Good help the people like the Parasrams of Black Bush Polder.
As I watch my sixteen year old son do his homework, I know with total confidence that if the neighbor does anything to threaten his personal security and he chooses to dial 911, he will get justice in under five minutes. How different a world my teenager lives in from a fellow teenager in Corentyne, who waited for a month for justice, with none forthcoming. Even in death there is no justice for her.
I can now better understand why Corentyne continues to empty its most prized possession (its people) from the front door; back door and side door.
This development will be the final nail in the PPP’s coffin but they are too power drunk to take any heed and do the right thing; protect and serve the people. You do not have to be a rocket scientist to know that if you follow the PPP’s ethnic mathematics they will be lucky if they get 44 percent in the next elections. Do you understand why the PPP is scared to call any elections? But come what may, they can delay the inevitable; but they cannot deny it.
The tears of Tarawattie are on them!
Sase Singh