Thursday, April 08, 2004

Gya: Lights on, nobody's home

THE Office of the President is calling on the main Opposition People's National Congress/Reform (PNC/R) to respond to the real needs of the Guyanese people and cease its intransigence.

This was reported by Head of the Presidential Secretariat and Cabinet Secretary, Dr. Roger Luncheon, at his weekly news conference yesterday.

In rejecting efforts by Leader of the Opposition and PNC/R, Mr. Robert Corbin, to belittle the achievements of the dialogue between the two sides, the Office of the President has acknowledged that there was still unfinished business, including the issue of the local government process, he said.

"Like (the late) Mr. Hoyte, Mr. Corbin had to find a reason to justify the PNC/R’s intransigence" on the dialogue process, Luncheon contended.

He further charged that the 'Death Squad’ issue provides such an excuse with the PNC/R demanding the resignation of the Home Affairs Minister and an inquiry into the matter and maintaining that unless this was done, the dialogue would be aborted.

Luncheon pointed out that the government's principled position on the matter was "deemed unacceptable by the PNC/R."
What is so intransigent about demanding in investigation into a charge that caused the U.S., U.K., and Canadian consulates to rescind the visas of Ronald Gajraj, the Minister of Home Affairs. What does the government of Guyana have to fear from an investigation of the death squad allegations against Gajraj? Surely, if the ruling party wanted to put the matter to rest, they would have an inquiry into the matter to know if Minister Gajraj was being defamed or if there was some validity to the charges? Why is there no interest in proving that the allegation against Gajraj, that he is involved with the death squads, is bogus?

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