Dear Editor,
I have seen a rather strange letter purportedly written by Mr. Sanjeev Datadin, Attorney – at – Law and Member of Parliament on a press statement issued, by me, Saturday, December 23, 2023, to the media, on the inappropriate and unlawful action of the Guyana Police Force to attempt to serve a summons on Mr. Rickford Burke, overseas. I deliberately used the word “purportedly” because I am prepared to accept, without question, that an imposter may have written that missive.
However, in the event that it was my colleague, at the Bar, and in the National Assembly, who penned that letter, then I would say in the repeated words of my recently departed Mentor, the distinguished and eminent Rex H. McKay S. C. that: “only fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Mr. Datadin would add to the intellectual bank of this nation, and, in fact, advance jurisprudence if he could only cite the authority that exists in the United Kingdom for similar action undertaken by the Guyana Police Force against a citizen residing in the United States of America.
Again, the attempt to serve a summons in the manner in which the Guyana Police Force attempted on Mr. Burke is not only illegal and void, but calls into serious question the adherence to fundamental principles of due process and respect for individual rights.
We await his contribution and edifying response to this request or let him keep treading.
Yours truly,
Roysdale Forde S. C., Member of Parliament
