Dear Editor,
Minister Clement Rohee has found his voice. Since Mr Rohee feels that the no confidence motion passed against him in the National Assembly can be dishonoured, he has decided to emerge from his slumber and once again write drivel to the press. In a letter published in SN dated April 17 captioned ‘Trotman should provide information to the police,’ Rohee attempted his usual scare tactic and subtle threat against WPA member and APNU member of Parliament Desmond Trotman who he claimed, maligned the PPP by describing it as a “criminal cabal.” Mr Trotman, while making his budget presentation, stated that the people use these words to describe the PPP. In his letter, Mr Rohee said that since Mr Trotman seemed supportive of the claim, he should provide information to the police on the matter.
I have heard, and I am sure that Mr Rohee and the entire PPP/C cabinet would have heard Guyanese describe the PPP/C in even more disparaging terms, so what is the hullabaloo Mr Rohee is trying to create? Is he trying to reassert himself or change the political conversation? If he is serious, he should take some time to visit the people in the community and ask them to express their view of the PPP government. I am quite sure the responses will neither disappoint nor surprise him, but will rather remind him that people have nothing complimentary to say.
When he gets the response he should follow up with the police and call for the people to provide evidence of their pejorative comments. I bet the police will run out of charge slips for all these people, and the courts will be overwhelmed.
Guyanese have often questioned the wisdom of Mr Rohee and his, April 17 letter once again provides another opportunity for us to scrutinize his common sense. Why is it that none of the other PPP/C ‘bigwigs’ sees fit to make these kinds of foolish comments? Mr Rohee appears to feel that intimidation and threats are the appropriate means the PPP can use to suppress views and keep the people in check, so he swiftly puts Desmond Trotman on notice. Mr Rohee should be reminded that the Guyanese people have sent a clear message to the world that they have lost confidence in him as Minister of Home Affairs and therefore, anything said or done by him as Home Affairs Minister is left to the conscience of the people.
The time he takes to engage in nonsensical issues and take up space in the media he should be explaining to Guyanese why the police killed the Linden protestors, why the police shot and killed 17-year-old Shaquille Grant, why the police shot and killed 22-year-old Dameon Belgrave and why the police brutally beat a woman’s child at an interior location during his watch. The buck stops with him.
Yours faithfully,
Lurlene Nestor
