Dear Editor,
Since the burgeoning scandal around Minister of State Joseph Harmon and his refusal to step down from his job, I’m calling on the business, private sector and diaspora’s community to impose economic sanctions in an attempt to prevent him from remaining on the job.
So, I’m asking the diaspora to boycott the Jubilee celebrations by not returning to Guyana for the celebration, if Harmon remains on the job by the time of the Jubilee. This will cost the government and private sector to lose billion of dollars. It’ll also put pressure on the business community to help put pressure on AFC+APNU members to call for Harmon to go.
Editor, sometimes in order to get a government to listen, you have to hit them where it hurts the most that’s: the pocket book. This is exactly what the UN and EU did to get Iran to start talking about its nuclear programme.
Several rounds of sanctions in recent years have targeted Iran’s key energy and financial sectors, crippling its economy. The UN sanctions included: An asset freeze on key individuals and companies.
Editor, can you imagine what would happen if the hundreds or thousands people from the diaspora don’t come back for the Jubilee? It’ll lead to empty hotels, empty restaurants, empty stomachs, empty wallets and a crippling economy. Therefore, Joe Harmon must go or we (diaspora) will not go. Go, go, go, please go Joe.
Yours faithfully,
Anthony Pantlitz
