Dear Editor,
Bharrat Jagdeo’s recent tirade against his latest adversary, Rickford Burke, is growing as tired and worn as he looks lately. Clearly, Burke’s actions in organizing a symposium to discuss racial discrimination in Guyana, have gotten under his skin. Jagdeo has grown comfortable targeting and disparaging African people and anyone else who dares to disagree with him, seemingly under the belief that he can do so without consequence.
Listening to the video in which he lambasts Burke for hosting a conference on Discrimination in Guyana, it is evident that Jagdeo is angry, out of control, struggling to find the right words, and even hastily tossing in an insult towards Congressman Hakeem Jeffries before quickly reconsidering and diverting his planned insult. How can a man so emotional, so unstable, hold so much power? Jagdeo is now a blight on Ali’s presidency. Ali, at the very least, seems to care about people, even if those people are not African. The same cannot be said for Bharrat, who exudes the qualities of a megalomaniac, an insecure man desperate to maintain control over those around him.
Jagdeo’s public outbursts should be concerning for investors and even members of his own party. While he may have the power to open doors, he can just as quickly close them if displeased. Aligning oneself with Jagdeo means becoming subject to his whims and control, whether one belongs to the diplomatic community, the business community, PPP political allies, or Africans who believe they can benefit from aligning with him.
Jagdeo is a curse on Guyana, and the proof is not hard to find. His own supporters are complaining daily about their struggles with the rising cost of living and when they do, he engages the “chicken feed” approach, by throwing them some table scraps. Editor, our grandchildren and their children will bear the burden of ever-increasing taxes needed to repay the debts incurred by him and Ashni’s wild spending. Corruption in Guyana is rampant and recent projects indicate that nearly 40% of most contracts are stolen or siphoned off to hidden partners. African lands are being taken at an alarming rate. Murders and suicides are on the rise. If you are not wealthy and Indian in Guyana, life is a struggle. Bharrat Jagdeo is a millstone around the necks of Guyanese citizens, a sore, a parasite, a divider. Jagdeo is not good for Guyana.
Shane Headley
(My last letter was not published)
