Tuesday 23 December 2014

SEEING in the MIND



Dear Mr. Lall,
My letter to you is about achieving what many would consider impossible.
I am going to offer myself as a Presidential Candidate in the upcoming elections.
I would like the support of your news publication. My plan is to be kept constantly in the public view.
I would have joined the AFC or APNU, but ethnic divisional politics will not cease in the country and the danger of the PPP being at the helm again is a frightening possibility.
The electorate must look toward a candidate that can mold a democracy from among the races.
I am that Candidate.
There are several reasons why I believe I can steer the electorate in different voting pattern from their past.
One: From reading the Letter columns for years, there are many notable citizens who objected to the governance of the PPP. My feeling is, they are not comfortable neither with APNU or the AFC. One of those men should have been bold enough to take up the challenge and announce their Presidential Candidacy. I sense the country is ready to move away from race elections-they need new leadership. An ORIGINAL message or messenger.
Two: The leadership of APNU and AFC are embroiled in a struggle of words and domination. Unless there is another voice in the political wilderness, the country will further be divided in distrust. AFC demands a leadership role in the Pro-Democracy Movement; that is not going to be accepted by the PNC contingent of APNU-once Ramjattan and Nagamoottoo are head of AFC. Racism again will overcome the effort. Both men in the AFC recognized the possibility of an Indo backlash should they attempt to merge with the PNC. And it is a merging of the PNC. The electorate would again be denied an ORIGINAL message.  With or without a merger of APNU and AFC, the leadership of both entities lack an original message. Just telling the electorate what they already know, doesn’t build their confidence.      
Seeing in the mind. A charismatic messenger, a unique message and the support of Kaieteur News can turn the electorate around. Never has there been a time when they are so ready for a change. I am ready. Unique messages can be sourced from my blog www.timehritoday.blogspot.com. I ask you Mr. Lall for the support of Kaieteur News in carrying the message forward. Think of the great opportunities   your fellow citizens would achieve by your generosity.
It is the season of Christmas. Please give Guyana this gift. Ideas comes from the mind. And you being an entrepreneur, knows it is the gut feeling that pushes for the fulfillment of ideas.  
I feel strongly about my ability to make a change.
The intent is to present an Original voice to the electorate. To garner a following. To offer a National Front Government by a new voice. To bridge the divide of APNU and AFC as written in my Blog, “PLEDGE.”
What more can I say. Other than please give this idea a chance. Give your fellow citizen an opportunity to read an Original Voice.
Thank you.   
Velutha Kuttapen
www.timehritoday.blogspot.com


Thursday 18 December 2014

TIME

TIME.
Time has passages. It writes the story of a country, the passages of its sorrow, passages of its pain, passages of its suffering and……..
Ours is missing the passages of its joy. That we shall have soon. And soon can’t come quick enough for the celebration of good governance.
We eagerly await ELECTION DAY-all those who oppose the regime of the People’s Progress Party.
In Ecclesiastes 3, it is written, ”A Time for Everything.”
Time has come to choose a NEW PATH.
A path, I ENCOURAGE the YOUNG citizens to FOLLOW.
For fear exists in the land. No longer hidden. No longer an assumption of distrust. It is a practiced discrimination by the electorate. Afro will choose the PNC/APNU. The PPP and AFC battle for the Indo votes. The Amerindians free to choose one of these entities whose spell they happen to fall under. 
Imagine the People’s Progressive Party dominance of over their Indo supporters. Fearful is the AFC of the backlash of their portion of Indo supporters, if they stood side by side with PNC/APNU, at the rally against the Proroguing of Parliament.
YOU KNOW, TO CONTINUE in this existing political climate, IS TO BE LOST FOREVER in confrontation. Such a scenario do no good for the country-it will ALWAYS leave us divided.
A clear majority is needed to move us forward in trust.
Time for the PATH that molds us as one people, one nation with one a common destiny.
YOUNG PEOPLE, this is your opportunity. Embrace your future.
This is your era.   
Young Amerindians, stand up and be significant in the development of your country.
Afro-Guyanese youths balance this nation with your fellow countrymen-the young Indo-Guyanese, the young Amerinds and the young of the other Races. For we are all Guyanese.  
Today, by the touch of a keypad you can access information from any time in history and of any culture.
Young People you can read of your past.  You are from a people with a history of suffering, pain and sorrow. IT IS YOUR RIGHT to usher in JOY in this country.
I urge you to be hungry and desperate for a new season. For it is your season. Seize the day and the moment. You are a chosen generation after centuries of hardships. Do it with all your might. Be like a meteor that is destined to consume anything in the old path. Seek for the citizens a new PATH.
And the people can say (Psalm 126), “The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy.”


THE MESSAGE:
It is empowerment. And Local Government Elections is the bedrock upon which progress and empowerment is built upon. To deny you these elections is to deny you a say in the affairs of your country. Relinquishing your power to a centralized group of men and women far removed from your communities. You should be a stake holder in your country and if you have the talent to rise economically then we should have a government that bolster your aspirations-giving support, advice and directions to make your dreams a reality. We need a government that permit Guyanese of all walks of life to develop businesses and benefit from the richness of the land-its gold, timber, etc, etc. I believe in Guyanese first. Foreign investments is not only to extract our riches, but to learn from and eventually be their competitors.
The world was intended to be a sweet place.
No one wants to die but live forever-Guyana is a sweet place. But there are men whose works are mischievous, bringing misery into the lives of others-mostly to the masses.
Happiness is a comfort-it is only attainable if we care for one another. And democracy gives us all a say in the paths that we choose as a nation.
But Democracy demands Wisdom.
This election is about your empowerment, your knowledge, your wisdom and your destiny as one nation. It is all about your Democracy.
 THE PROPOSAL:
1)       No effort must be spared to empower Amerindians.
Opportunities in Guyana Defense Force will be opened to them. A contingent in the army with be created wholly for these citizens. Capable youths of male and female willing to participate will be educated to highest level at an accelerated pace. Their services are urgently needed to supervise and monitor our resources in the hinterland.

2)      An Elite Armed Services will be created, comprising of talented from the ranks of the existing GDF and contingent of the Amerindians. Reflective of the races of the nation. They will be the eyes and ears of the country. Trained to fly within our air space, operate ocean going vehicles to provide safety to our fishermen within our territorial waters and hasten over land with modern equipment to protect our sovereignty.  Our intelligence gathering to protect our God given inheritance will be spared no cost.   
TRUTH & RECONCILIATION:
As a citizen of Guyana, if you were wronged in any way by the previous governments (after independence) you will be urged to come forward with your case. This includes those who were deviously robbed through corruption of their properties of house and land. Leased lands that was repossessed by the government without compensation. If government officials dismantled your living quarters and caused your family hardships, you will be heard. Cases will be heard by a selective body of professionals. If it warrants a judicial decision, it will be forwarded to a special court set up for expeditious judgement.  This country is yours and you must come first in all facets of its development. No Guyanese, regardless of education or influence are ever allowed to disrespect their fellow citizens no matter what level of the society they may find themselves.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:
Corruption is a detriment to any type of business-large or small. It diminishes profitability, competition and the desire to invest in yourself-the entrepreneurial spirit. Further, it creates an elite class with ill- gotten gains. Such class of individuals are repressive to superiors as well as subordinates-for they are a people who care less about nation building and more on chaos of the society. Under such systems they excel in their corruptions.
This Movement will discourage all foreign importation. I want to emphasize discourage not banned. The emphasis is to manufacture every possible commodity that we consume. Thereby creating businesses and employment opportunities for Guyanese.  We will as a governing body encourage and assist in the development of the Fashion Industry, Music Industry, Film-making and documentaries to tell our stories. We have a history and there is the need for us to be entertained by our joys, pains and hurts. Individually we experience life and collectively as a nation, together we all share in the experiences of life.   
Some might argue, “Where are we going get the money to do this?”  By an ordered and well organized taxation system we will collect every penny of taxes owing to the State. Be it foreign or local entities.
Our places of higher learning will develop programs to train Guyanese to undertake all the infra-structure work necessary to make us a First-World nation.
Every Industrial Estate will have the necessary facilities to generate electricity for production. Localized power generation, reduces cost of electricity also maintenance costs. Security will be a priority, to protect the investments of those who dared to dream the progress of a country.
Copyright laws will be enacted to guarantee the royalties which you richly deserve for your efforts. 
We are going to add value to every piece of raw material that we extract from the land. It is a priority for Guyana. For a Home-based population of less than a million, we should have better standard of living. We have in diaspora perhaps an equal amount hoping to return to the place of their birth-a place free of crime and corruption.
And much more will be done.
THE REALITY:
We cannot escape the Racism that exists in this country. And to say, it is not there, is to fool one self.  In particular, we have Guyanese who write continually on the marginalization of Afro-Guyanese. And I cannot predict when this nation will be able to embrace itself with the races of people we proudly say we have in our midst. But we must do what must do to develop a country for all.  We have seen political parties that have trampled on the civil rights of ethnic groups in our history. And we never know when again such men would come out of the woodwork and receive approval of their constituents. EVEN THOUGH, I WOULD CANVASS FOR EVERY VOTE with the hope of denying every other political party an elected seat in parliament. I would promote among many other things that the AFC, PNC, PPP and every other political party receive equal funding and air time. Contesting an election should never be a battle, a war or denying. We should share the common goals of making the country a better place. Instead of what is being done now, prohibiting those who wish to govern by every conceivable means.

 Sincerely.
Velutha Kuttapen

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com

Wednesday 10 December 2014

BREAKING LIMITS

BREAKING LIMITS:
My Countrymen:
That should be the theme of the Upcoming Elections.
Although, LIMITED in many ways, we shall overcome.
Just as the citizens of this country are LIMITED. So also is the Combined Opposition- LIMITED in its campaign outreach. These limits has to be broken. We must remove the shackles of race politic from our minds. Rid ourselves of the distrust which devious men and women use to abuse the privilege we bestowed upon them-as a government.
WE MUST BREAK THESE LIMITS. 
Ideas of division limits our lives personally. And if you are limited, then you limit the progress of this country.
WE MUST FREE OURSELVES.
WE MUST FREE ONE ANOTHER.
WE MUST LEARN TO TRUST.
WE MUST ASPIRETO BE HONOURABLE CITIZENS. We must love our country. And we must be proud of our country. It is what we make of it.     
Unknowingly, we allowed racial politics to dominate us for the last 64 years. It must end. A whole generation of our families have died that never saw the pride of an independent nation.  We have nurtured a fragile country.   
Many are beseeching the President to reconvene Parliament in a timely manner. I gave him December 10, 2014. And his time is up.
I tell you what he is planning. And he must be stopped. He is going to re-convene Parliament after five months. Then allow the No-Confidence vote. Then take time to set the date for an election towards the end of 2015.
Truth is truth. And it is expected from this President, likewise from any lowly citizen. It is no longer about the government. It is all about this One Man and his Parade.
The President’s confidence in his disrespect for the Guyanese People-those who openly protest and those who object quietly is strengthened by our own fellow citizens who are part of his Parade. The Amerindians who adorn themselves with headdress and Parade with him. The East Indians who adorn his neck with mala. The few Afro-Guyanese who inflate his ego-whispering in his ears that he is doing the right thing. And the few Portuguese who sing praises to an act that is WRONG.
I wouldn’t even say please. YOU PEOPLE NEED TO STOP THE SUFFERING in this country.       
The Scriptures say, “Words are a Spirit and Life.” The President entertained a large gathering for Carol Singing. Did the attendees grasp the words they sang or was sung to them?
I am reminded of the Plantation Owners who preached and praised God and yet denied their slaves human privileges.
We have an Alien in our midst. What manner of man in a civilized culture would to think it is okay to disrespect the human privileges of the majority. A bully would be worried but not an Alien-such a Being is void of rational reasoning and feeds on those who are part of his Parades.
If I sound upset, that is because, it is simply not right for One Man to DICTATE to the masses and carry on as if everything is just fine.
The mid-night hour of 2015 must not dawn upon us without a confirmed date of elections. A campaign must be mounted to press for a date.
The President has become an enemy to Good Governance. For his contempt and disrespect, perhaps he should truly see a gathering of people who worship and praise God for their deliverance. Once before, the Africans did that under the tyranny of the Plantation Owners.
Today the Whites are gone. The sufferers are Guyanese of Amerindians, Africans and East Indians descent. And the new Tyrants, now lives at Pradoville.
The People’s Progressive Party seems to LIMIT the Combined Opposition. But those limits will disappear in Jesus name. For the men and women of the People’s Progressive Party, it shall be as 2 CHRONICLES Chapter 20.
People gather at the Square of the Revolution, sing and praise (absolutely no preacher) God for his deliverance. I shall come to you in the celebrations. And you shall witness the gathering of your fellow countrymen-all six races. They shall come from afar. And each gathering shall grow in multitude.
BREAKING LIMITS.

Sincerely,
Velutha Kuttapen
www.timehritoday.blogspot.com


Wednesday 3 December 2014

ALTERNATIVE is not ORIGINAL

ALTERNATIVE is not ORIGINAL:

FELLOW GUYANESE:

For decades I wrote to the letter columns of the newspapers on the Third Force and The Alternative. Our desperate quest for National Unity and the great desire for a country that is respectful to all citizen, regardless of race, has missed every attempt.
It is not such an easy task. The attempts so far has not been structured. It has been more of an appeasement-a window dressing for the electorate.
Our leaders started out by believing in the unity of the working class. Refusing to accept the notions of distrust among the races. The division between moderates and extremists in 1955, quickly polarized the Indoes and Afroes into the Burnhamite and Jaganite factions. 
Racism simmered under the regime of the People’s National Congress. And after 28 years of their rule, the country was thrust on the road of democracy.
The People’s Progressive Party immediately dominated all the other players who had campaigned the Americans to intervene on the governance of Guyana. A National Patriotic Front never became the National Patriotic Front Government. A Civic component was added to the PPP. No match for the Stalinist, the Civic simply accepted the prestige and opportunities.  And mum were their words.   
The PNC followed with their version of the window dressing. There’s was the Reform.
In the 22 years of a PPP/C regime, only the ‘C’ remained. Those Caring Guyanese became opportunists endorsing all the unlawful acts of the People’s Progressive Party.
Then PNC/R morphed into APNU.
All these alliances/coalitions have been ALTERNATIVES with the same faces.
The country needs an ORIGINAL movement. An association of new faces with a few familiar ones as well.
APNU has a very strong contingent of PNC supporters. And in the event of a victory that could a pose a real dilemma for them in the selection of a government. It needs to be settled. For an APNU victory, it needs to embark on some serious campaigning. They need to gather the confidence of the Amerindians and those East Indians who recognize the need to move the country beyond racial politics.
An ORIGINAL MOVEMENT could bring in, what Guyanese had hoped for, for decades. A truly DEMOCRATICALLY elected government. Elected by a cross section of all the races.
The dilemma. With the PNC/R waiting for 22 years for the government benches. Mr. Granger has to be bold in his decisions to form a National Front Government. He must have the same fortitude as President Hoyte when he returned Guyana to free and fair elections to the behest of the membership of the People’s National Congress. It is a small sacrifice for honest and just governance. Much needed since our Independence. With good governance, there is enormous wealth sharing among the citizens. Standard of Living will rise.     
The mistakes that were made by Dr. Jagan must not be repeated by Mr. Granger. Dr. Jagan should have rewarded those that stayed with the People’s Progressive Party until their victorious era, a few American dollars with Foreign Postings. He would have spared the country of the Unpatriotic men and women he left behind.
The ORIGINAL is only one part of the strategy. There must be clear voices with words that seek out the rational minded. They are there. Just like the Purpleheart and Greenheart in our forests-never to be found all in one place. But, because of their value, such species are painstakingly searched for in the jungles of Guyana. Such are the sane men and women who look forward to better days-found at a home and in the diaspora.
TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS, it is necessary for the leader/leaders to be supported by an efficient campaign structure. Mr. Felix and Mr. Roopnarine must seek out those individuals and bring them together to mount a serious campaign.
Nothing will move the People’s Progressive Party from its current position unless they are brought to fear.
A Peoples Movement will do that.
Without calling any elections they must witness their end. For too long they have trampled and transgressed good governance.

Sincerely,
Velutha Kuttapen.

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com