Dear Editor,
Even though there has been a political “progress” in Guyana in that general elections will be on March 2, 2020, we are not out of the woods. Free and fair elections will have to be conducted and the results will have to be accepted by the losing party conceding defeat on national television. One ought to commend the U.S, U.K and EU diplomats in taking a firm stand in ensuring that the doctrine of democracy prevails in Guyana. Look what has happened since their declaration that the caretaker APNU+AFC regime has breached the constitution. Many other private and public institutions have come forward, reflecting a domino effect.
One wonders, rightly so, what is going on with Canada. Why is it that we have not heard anything from High Commissioner Lilian Chatterjee? Has Canada abandoned Guyana at a time when needed more than ever? The silence from the Canadian High Commission can only be interpreted as not getting involved when the Guyanese situation requires the opposite. Say something, please. Arguably, the large Guyanese population in Canada would like to know your position in Guyana especially when your foreign counterparts have been forthright and when Guyanese arrived to your country primarily because of dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. Does Canada want another wave of Guyanese migrants?
Yours faithfully,
Lomarsh Roopnarine
