Dear Editor,
President Romotar during a recent visit to the United States of America, stressed the importance of democracy, as well as the ingredients that are needed to keep democracy alive.
Hence, I am surprised at the behaviour of the head of state, his cabinet-members and party-officials because they cannot get their own way in Guyana’s parliament.
They are particularly critical over the opposition’s amendments to their 2012 budget proposals.
These are some of the PPP/C’s utterances against the opposition parties’ budget amendments:
1. APNU and the AFC are a dictatorship of 1.
2. Pointing to the opposition parties’ cuts to this year’s budget, President Ramotar complained “The cuts made absolutely no sense …” and Cabinet Secretary Roger Luncheon is threatening court action over the budget cuts, because they are hampering the effective functioning of the presidency.
3. Instead of showing respect for the opposition parties’ one-seat majority in parliament, President Ramotar said, “They are trying to show that they have some authority in the country…”
In summary, Editor, Mr Ramotar cannot make public calls about the importance of democracy and then criticize practice of democracy on his soil; after all, charity begins at home.
Yours faithfully,
Morris Wilson
