UK conference is slap in Govt.’s face
THE JULY Conference organized by the UK Government to discuss Guyana’s future is - deservedly - a slap in the face of a Government that has presided over the slaughter of its ethnic constituents for more than 15 months. What is, however, insulting to these constituents and the majority of decent Guyanese, is the selection of a clique of goodly men, by the powers that be, who supposedly can dictate the way forward for everyone in this multiethnic nation. What arrogance!


Who do these goodly gentlemen speak for? What qualifies such a man as Hugh Cholomondely? Is it because as a specialist in conflict resolution, he sat by passively and watched the atrocities committed by his kith and kin without uttering a word of condemnation?


What qualifies the architect of the Burnham constitution - Sir Shridat Ramphal? Is it because he has the capacity to sit from afar and passively watch the slaughter of his kith and kin?


What qualifies the learned Dr. Clive Thomas? Is it because he has the capacity to theorize and explain away the atrocities committed by his kith and kin?


Perhaps His Excellency Hiscock can tell us the criteria used for selecting these gentlemen.

C. LACHMAN

June 30, 2003