I STOOD NEXT DOOR AND WATCHED THE POLICE ARRIVED ON MOTORCYCLES AND ENTERED THE HIGH COMMISSION
There were about forty persons in attendance and the majority were Indians over the age of sixty. There were about ten Africans and two Whites. The younger Africans and Indians in attendance were staff who sat immediately outside of the meeting room.
Dr Leslie Ramsammy, the current Minister of Agriculture was the guest speaker and was introduced by Lal Singh, Guyana's High Commissioner to London.
If I had to apologise to the diaspora for my passion and direct intervention, I would.
But I did not go there to follow the status quo of humbly asking a corrupt and criminal Minister of the PPP any questions about the PPP's justification of why the President prorogue the Tenth Parliament.
Minister Ramsammy's forty five minutes on the floor dealt with the justification of the prorogation. He stated that Guyana's constitution was not an ass and the prorogation was essential since President Ramator used it as a means to see the cooling off of differences between Government and Opposition where heads could be leveled and dialogue could continue in the best interest of Guyana.
He spoke for about forty minutes and I did not interject. He was condescending towards the Opposition and never onced mentioned that they were the Majority Opposition.
I interjected to correct that omission, but did not stop there. I called him a criminal who was involved in the death of journalist and activist Ronald Waddell. I told the audience that the American Justice Department fingered him in Ronald's assassination.
I told him the Constitution was indeed not an ass because it made provisions for parliament to be the people's representative and the Opposition was the majority in parliament.
I was angry and called him a liar and criminal. I questioned why a government would send their Agriculture Minister instead of their Foreign Affairs Minister to speak to the diaspora.
I told him while he was sitting there talking about progress in Guyana, the country was under a great flood. I told him that people were dying at the Georgetown Hospital in numbers. He did not say a word. The High Commissioner was asking for order and I told him there was no order in Guyana; just corruption and mismanagement.
Six people objected to my presentation; two Whites, three Indians and one African old man.
The rest were in awe. They did not know what to make of that sudden and strange intervention.
My brother and friend Darren Blackford, also called Ramsammy a criminal and recorded that moment when I addressed the gathering. I thank him for his support.
Myself and Mr Blackford walked out of the venue and stood next door and saw the police arrived and entered the venue. We watched them for about five minutes bedore they departed.
I don't mind being locked up, tomorrow. Dictatorship must be exposed wherever we are...