Dear Editor,
I’m appalled at the Jamaica Gleaner in its attempt to instigate Prime Minister Bruce Golding to lead a charge to suspend Suriname from Caricom until another leader replaces Desi Bouterse.
The people of Suriname have spoken and it is their democratic right to elect whomsoever they wish to lead their country. The Surinamese populace have through their votes expressed that they have overlooked the past for the future, so which other country or people has the right to deny Suriname its sovereign right to choose its own leader without fear, favour or threats from any other nation.
I think it’s hypocritical of this Jamaican media house to pass judgment on officials in Suriname when their own prime minister’s party allegedly had links with the biggest and most wanted drug and gun-running baron in the English-speaking Caribbean.
Jamaica had to be coerced into Dudus’s extradition. The recent seventy odd civilian deaths, the state of emergency and a call by the opposition for the resignation of Mr Bruce Golding should give the Gleaner, Prime Minister Golding and all of Jamaica reasons for introspection. Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones, a wise saying Jamaica should pay heed to.
Yours faithfully,
Bilaal Eusi Nantambu
