Dear Editor,
I have so far avoided public comment on the travesty of justice and the appearance of low morals in our society as it relates to allegations of rape and sodomy against former Minister Nigel Dharamlall. President Ali has let me down by stating that he as President continues to regard Dharamlall as worthy of his support and that of the PPP.
Amazing, but true, and it is this Presidential pronouncement of ‘letting the cat out of the bag’ that is of great concern. President Ali has said to us cheat, rape, sodomy or indecency and acts of impropriety are irrelevant.
He may just as well have said “well done thou good and faithful servant.” As far as I am concerned, coupled with his dildo remark in Parliament, Dharamlall in any system or society driven by morality ought to have been shunned by the President and the PPP.
In the UK, a prominent BBC presenter is in hot water for allegations related to photographs over a four-year period beginning with a young person at seventeen. In the US, a Gymnast Doctor was sentenced to one hundred years in prison over sexual offenses against young people. In Guyana, the President and the Police should by now be able to ascertain who paid the travel expenses to bring the female child to Georgetown and was she at any time a guest at the home of the Minister and third what were the circumstances that led to the revocation of his firearm license. You don’t require either Sherlock Holmes or Scotland Yard to provide answers to the simple questions above.
This statement that Dharamlall will not face charges is an absurdity. In Guyana and elsewhere, persons have been hauled before the Court based on statements and allegations made, it is then up to the Presiding Magistrate or Judge to determine, without the aggrieved person’s testimony in Court, whether there is insufficient evidence to convict the alleged miscreant. Here we see the whole concept of justice being brutalized.
If the President was serious, that would have been a good start to determine possible culpability and the character of the Hon.
Gentleman but what we see unveiling in Guyana is a disdain and disrespect by the incumbent administration for the other people.
Sincerely,
Hamilton Green
Elder
