Whoa! Where has it been proven that a death squad is in existence? When the Indian people were claiming that the escaped prisoners were being sheltered by Corbin and Hoyte you guys called for proof, and when that was surfaced by the presence of your illustrious leaders at the church services in the presence of the terrorists and their eventual funerals, and in their defence when they killed cops, where were you?

 

In your material you say: “Indian Guyanese support the Phantom Squad.” Well is it not Indians who are ringing the bell?

 

Again you say, “But when the State organizes violence, something really stinks.” Where did you find that disclosure? The accusation of such a squad is a slanderous claim by an individual who got caught with his hands in the drug cartel’s cash jar. After he was caught he ran seeking help. From whom did he seek help? From the individuals who know doubt share in the sick gain from sale of drugs. It has been proven time and again that it is the police force in both Canada and America who distribute the drugs and in the process they destroy their competition to prove their worth as officers of the court. It was just brought to a screeching halt in Toronto; many were caught in the USA and even Mexico – all the way to the Mexican leader.

 

You accuse the PPP by saying, “And the PPP’s attitude to the allegations stinks. We now understand why that party does not want to share power with others.” My friend you write under the premise of an intelligent individual. Please tell me where in the democratic world do you find a government who won a democratic election has to share power. Where in this hemisphere, in this world do see a government who won the election giving a prime ministership to the losing leader of a political party? They lost and as such they are supposed to take their seats as the peoples’ LOYAL OPPOSITION  to over see that the peoples’ affairs are conducted with dignity, honesty and integrity. Instead what we have seen is the bullying and dogmatic qualities of a people who when they cannot get use brute force to take.

 

Instead of following the parliamentary system which they got the British and the US Government to establish for them and so that Ramphal can rewrite the laws to suit their needs, and sit in Parliament, they launch the mother of marches called slash and burn. Slash whom? Indians. Burn what? Indian properties. Oh by the way, the looting went on in front of world class leaders named HOYTE, KADIR, CORBIN, GREEN ET ALL.

 

You people make me sick. Instead of facing the truth – the darn squad has not been confirmed by any judiciary system. The Accusations are just that, nothing more. When Hoyte and company were in office and accusations were made what was your response then? Prove it. Don’t slander buddy, prove it or shut up and accept that the PNC lost in the election. Let the bloody government do its job and stop the terrorism you all condone privately but lament about in public and sympathetic western ears.

 

D. (Ram) Singh

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: FChesney [mailto:ftac28@yahoo.com]
Sent: February 12, 2004 11:29 PM
To: guyanese@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Guyanese] GY Info

 

The PPP has given Democracy a Bad Name
by David Hinds

I am not surprised at the number of letters to the press, from mainly Indo Guyanese, praising the work of the Phantom Squad. I expected this and I understand it. I am also not surprised at the number of voices, mainly African Guyanese, calling for Minister Gagraj’s head. This is Guyana’s reality: the unsettled racial struggle for political power continues to take deadly twists and turns. Simply put, Freedom Fighters and Phantom Squads are mere euphemisms for Race. African Guyanese supported the Freedom Fighters in Buxton and Indian Guyanese support the Phantom Squad. Both sides feel justified. There is little or no room for compromise.

If the government or some of its members are indeed involved in the use of Phantom Squads, then we have reached an all time low. Organized violence is violence regardless of the origin. Organized murder is murder regardless of the origin. But when the State organizes violence, something really stinks. And the PPP’s attitude to the allegations stinks. We now understand why that party does not want to share power with others. They have given democracy a bad name and in the process they have made the PNC, which they love to lambaste, look like Sunday school boys and girls.

I don’t know whether Minister Gagraj is guilty, but I am sure the PPP knows. And so long as they continue to play stupid games like calling on George Bacchus to give evidence to the police, they are exposing their guilt and in the process are hustling Guyana further down the road of racial conflict. If the government does not have confidence in the police, why do they think George Bacchus should have confidence in them? There is still some time left for the PPP to do the right thing. If they do not act honorably, I, as a Guyanese citizen, will cease to recognize them as my government. I add my voice: Gagraj must step down, nothing short of that. And the government must submit the case to the most independent scrutiny.

African Guyanese know where I stand on violence perpetrated by African Guyanese against Indian Guyanese with or without the support of African Guyanese. I still have no stomach for that. Indian Guyanese have a right and duty to defend themselves against such attacks. But the Phantom Group was not about Indian self-defense in the same way that the Buxton operation was not about African resistance.  If George Bacchus’ testimony is credible, the Phantom group was about an Indian regime hiring Africans to murder Africans. And that has nothing to do with Indian security. In fact that kind of action would compromise Indian security.

So, even as I understand their position, I must part company with the Indian view that the Phantom brought an end to attacks on them. It is simply not true. And even if it were true, the PPP would still be indicted in my book—the governors of the state must take the higher ground at all cost and at all times.