One would have thought that a heightened level of diligence would have accompanied this case and those accused in it. Are we to just accept the reality that Leander’s death is the full stop on this entire issue? Should that be the quiet acceptance of the Guyanese populace, to hope for justice but accept far less than that because of bureaucracy and incompetence at various levels? While no authoritative figure will dare have the gumption to declare finality on the investigations into the Sawh deaths, the indifference that was already evident for months at a time while ‘Biscuit’ was alive will no doubt become commonplace when considering the Minister’s death in the future. I find all of these questions almost too stressful to consider, but at the same time haunting in their predictability for the case in question.
Nevertheless, I shall play the role of eternal optimist – much as Sash Sawh did in his years of service to our nation. I hope against hope for a resolution to this man’s murder. I pray that justice be meted out to those who committed the acts of horrific terror more than three years ago. Moreover, I beg and plead that those who masterminded the events of that fateful night – the ‘intellectual authors’ – find a punishment that is becoming of their inhumanity and despicability. I ask all of this to allow our beloved Guyana to take a significant step forward in terms of its general retribution.
Satyadeow Sawh’s death was a telling blow to our nation, and closure on the issue is paramount in allowing us to find prosperity in the coming years. Let ‘Biscuit’s’ demise be not a final question that will end all hope of answers, but instead a watershed moment in the case, one in which Guyanese with knowledge of who was behind everything that happened come forward and back their police services up. Let it be known that Satyadeow Sawh’s death cannot be left in limbo. Answers must come, for our own good and for the good of all of Guyana.
Yours faithfully,
ST Persaud
