FORBIDDEN

FORBIDDEN.

The dictionary explains it to be, not permitted by order or law.

The Peoples Progressive Party guard its East Indian support base from truths-truths that will set the Indo mind free of bondage to the PPP. As their glorious party leader titled his book, “Forbidden Freedom.”

“Forbidden Freedom”, that is why the PPP cabal is reaching into the hearts and souls of the East Indians. Simply, to forbid East Indians their God given rights of Freedom of Thought. The Stalinist of the 1950’s have taught their protégé well at Freedom House. It is like a Generational Curse upon the peoples of Guyana, to deny the existence of God. Because lies and deceptions are the stock and trade of a Communist.

The great irony, these persecutors of Guyanese Civil Rights, have Freedom and Democracy as their Standards. The reality is, they stifle those Pillars of the Society. Their entire 65 years history sought to destroy us as a united country by attacking the institutions given to us from our Colonial Past.    

I am reminded of a case study. “Control of the mind.”

“In a room was a pole reaching to the ceiling. On the pole was a bucket. A small bunch of bananas was positioned onto the bucket. In the bucket was water, filled to the brim.

Two monkeys were then let into the room. Upon seeing the bananas, First Monkey ran up the pole. Grabbed at a banana. Immediately, the water filled bucket tipped and soaked the animal. Letting loose of the banana and hurriedly ran down the pole. Second Monkey was cautious going up the pole while First Monkey attempted to restrain the animal’s ascent. Second Monkey freed itself from the grasp of First Monkey and made its way up to the bananas. The animal got soaked as well.

First Monkey was taken out of the room. And “Another Monkey” was let into the room. The same was about to occur. Heading up the pole for the bananas. Only, this time, Second Monkey wrestled with “Another Monkey”, preventing the animal from going up the pole after a prolonged struggle.      

Somehow, “Another Monkey” realized it can never go up the pole regardless how tempting were the bananas. The animal never ventured up the pole and experienced the soaking.

After that episode, “Second Monkey” was taken out of the room.

More monkeys were let into the room-one at a time. After “Second Monkey” was removed, all the other monkeys remained in the room as the animals were placed in it.

“Another Monkey” wrestled with the first five monkeys that were let into room from going up the pole. After the fifth monkey, as the others were let into the room, the animals never even bothered with bananas up the pole.

Eventually, “Another Monkey” was removed from the room. And the case study continued with several other monkeys being let into the room and not even one the animals bothered to go up the pole for the bananas.”

The animals were psychologically programmed.

So are the minds of the East Indians. 

Never knowing Forbes Burnham or the rigged elections or the era of banned food items or the food lines. Constantly reminded by one another of those terrible 28 years.

The protégé of Janet Jagan were taught to despise the Peoples National Congress and all those who associates with it. It is a hatred carried forward by generations of PPP men and women, young and old at Freedom House. They now have reached their full rottenness. Sixty-five years of lies and deceit.

Why the contempt for Forbes Burnham?

Mrs. Jagan could not accept Mr. Burnham’s challenge to Dr. Cheddie Jagan for the leadership of the Peoples Progressive Party in 1955. The Jagans went on to Split the party because they did not accept the results of the 1955 Congress. How could Burnham dared to challenge the Jagans for the leadership of the Peoples Progressive Party? It was unforgiven. Their campaign to smear him only alienated the citizen of the country.

Mrs. Jagan’s contempt for the PNC was evident when she tossed the writ to the wind. Signifying, “Who the hell is Desmond Hoyte and the PNC. Go ahead and swear me in as the President of Guyana.”

Then, her term of Presidency was shortened.

Hell hath no fury like a woman’s scorn. And scorn, did she have for the citizens of Guyana. She gave us Bharrat Jagdeo.

Mrs. Jagan simply would not depart from us in peace.  As dead as she is.

The Jagans gave us Forbes Burnham. Forbes was quite happy in England. As written in the West on Trial, Cheddie invited Forbes back to British Guiana. And when he split, the East Indians were chattel to the PPP.

And for 28 years the East Indians sang the Jagans lines. No flour, no dhall, no aloo, no sardine, no corned mutton. The lamentations became ingrained hatred. For 28 years the PPP complained about rigged elections. And East Indians felt, that right was taken away from them.

Finally in 1992, the Jagans regained Guyana. And they honoured ALL the citizens of Guyana with their hand-pick Soviet trained successor Bharrat Jagdeo. Exactly the same way they selected Forbes Burnham, they selected Bharrat Jagdeo.  By invitation. And no discussions in the public domain.

Both of these men have caused numerous miseries upon the lives of East Indians. The East Indians knows of the PPP lies and deceit.

BECAUSE.

There were lamentations soon after 1992. The rigged elections, bitterly complained about are now abstained from. For every election, less and less East Indians voted. And all the banned food items they complained about, are on the shelves of stores. Bharrat Jagdeo have taxed them all with VAT.

East Indians!  You have eyes. Do you see Jagdeo and his friends? Take a good long look.

East Indians! Please Vote APNU+AFC. Doan abstain because yuh want to punish the government of Ramotar and at the same time don’t support the APNU+AFC. Please use your votes to free the party that you have supported all your lives. Free it from the grasp of Bharrat Jagdeo and his cronies. They are not members of the Peoples Progressive Party. They have hi-jacked your party with the assistance of the Jagans. They are imposters to your cause. And their opportunistic ways shines as bright as the noon day sun. They sow divisions between you and your fellow countrymen.

Send the imposters of the Peoples Progressive Party packing –throw them out.

Defeat them at the polls.

That is the only way you will be rid of them.

Vote APNU+AFC. You are not abandoning the PPP. A vote for the APNU+AFC gives you Freedom to rebuild the PPP.

Please support the APNU+AFC. Vote APNU+AFC. It is a good group of men with many years of history and wisdom.   

Velutha Kuttapen

 e-mail:   timehri@golden.net

Twitter:   Velutha Kuttapen@VeluthaK 

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com

PRECEDENT

PRECEDENT:

It is said, “The evil that men do, lives after them.”

Definitely, the Jagans have wronged Guyana innumerable ways. It is not surprising an event to honour them would be celebrated with gyrating music and foul mouth speakers. The Jagans empowered each one of those who were on stage. It is cult worship of the pagan type.

The other five races of people should take serious note of Bharrat Jagdeo’s words.

This nation is cursed by the evil desires of men in power. First, the Jagans and their denial of God in the affairs of Guyana. Then Forbes Burnham and his proclamation of Obeah. Then Jim Jones and his mass murder. And now, we have Jagdeo’s gang. Soon in making the Jagans into gods for their personal use.

Are East Indians, that easily influenced into this cult worship and willing to offer up every other race in Guyana as sacrifice just to empower the hierarchy of the Peoples Progressive Party. 

It is a terrible trend. The Peoples Progressive Party have been charting some reckless maneuvers in their 65 years history.

A voice travelled in that history have much to tell.

A political organization with no administrative capabilities. No structure to its credit. Strong arm tactics. Bullies. No respect for protocol. And definitely, no respect for order. They incite their supporters to break the laws, because they themselves disrespect the laws of the country.

A review of history on the 1953 Suspension of the Constitution will show the recklessness of the PPP government. The leadership realized the power of persuasion they possessed when they incited the sugar workers of Enmore.  And the slaughtered are remembered as the Enmore Martyrs. Homage is paid to those fallen men each year. It is that single event which gave the People’s Progressive Party the momentum. The trade union for which they were determined to have recognized by the Sugar Producers Association was the milestone around the necks of the leadership. After, elected in 1953, the PPP was determined to force the hand of the SPA. Complete disrespect for the Crown, failing the realization of their position as the Queen’s Ministers.  They embarked on a campaign of initiating a Strike Call upon the sugar workers in British Guiana. They neglected the duties of their portfolios for the active campaign against the SPA. They were accused of sabotage. The rhetoric for sugar workers were Soviet laced.     

Disrespect to the Crown meant, object the laws of the Sovereign. It was lawlessness. Is it any wonder, they have matured fully in their destructive ways.

I hope this current brood of PPP supporters remember the ballot box martyrs. Was their blood spilt so that the Jagans would empower an unethical leadership to manage the affairs of the entire country much less their East Indian support base? Since 1992, the precedent had been set for what we are experiencing as a nation at this time of our history.

Death of C.B.  Jagan and the revolving use of Sam Hinds, sets the precedent for all other political alliances to do the same. Placing the country in tremors of racism-fail at governing as a nation in the Twenty-First century. Do East Indians agree to such things? Do they agree to this precedent? Such decisions and acts divide the country and empower evil doers to carry on without scrutiny. 

The PPP supporter said, “Since he gat sense he know only the PPP.” Naturally if that is all he knows, then it will be the PPP he will vote for. I can understand him saying that Nagamoottoo appears to be power drunk. Because that is what the PPP is saying. That is a Precedent that once a person is with the PPP, they can never leave. Even when the PPP is unjust to its supporters. What the PPP supporter said, regardless of how corrupt the PPP is, he is making his children to provide the PPP with a continuous stream of votes. Not only does the PPP supporter delegated himself to mental enslavement, but he also holds the Afro, the Amerinds and every other race into that mental enslavement. He has delegated them to this state of mind, simply by refusing to think of the consequences.  

The Jagans set the precedent for poor governance. Mrs. Jagan became President because a dying C.B. Jagan handed her a note. That single event set the precedent for devious men to seize power in the Peoples Progressive Party and circumvent the rules for leadership selection. They operate without any respect for those who voted against them. The PPP lacks the initiatives to govern as a government for all the people.    

Under the PNC regime, the pillar of justice was completely toppled. In 1992, the country began to experience the role of the justice system in a small way.  A writ was issued to Mrs. Jagan. Her objections to it, was simply to toss it to the wind. That act would set the precedent for the PPP to silently intimidate the Justice System. The laws and lawyers became prejudiced-honest citizens began to lose their lands and properties due to the corruption of the justice system.  

Then, there is the precedent of deliberate false statements. People are saying, Dr. Jagan wanted a National Front Government. Well, the ideal time for him to have done that was in 1992. Instead, he worked to empower a CIVIC movement. The efforts of that alliance disappeared, just as how the PNC overwhelmed TUF. It was never the intentions of the Jagans to have a National Front Government-that is equivalent to making fools of the citizens. Dr, Jagan always spoke about it, but had no intentions of doing it.  A similar false statement, is his words to Nagamootoo of being the leader of the PPP when he should die. He left no written record of his wishes.  Nagamootoo speaks of Cheddie’s efforts to join up with the PNC.  Yet in 1992 after the PPP victory where the winner takes all, he failed to offer the olive branch to the PNC. Now, there is talk that Cheddie would have formed a government with the opposition if faced with the current situation. Perhaps, only a temporary deal. He belaboured the constitution of L.F.S. Burnham but failed to even attempt amendments. His precedent resonated in the Peoples Progressive Party. There was never democratic practices in the Peoples Progressive Party, so how can they administer democracy to the country. Dr. Jagan loved to talk about things he had no intentions of doing. He loved to exhibit his poor life style. Perhaps, he had no dreams to aspire to. How a man who prides his poverty give hope to an Impoverished Nation?

It has not yet happened, when a poor man created employment for his fellow poor.

The Peoples Progressive Party never had a plan for Guyana. The attainment of power was their only goal.  With no plans for progress, the treasury is mismanaged and their responsibilities expected to be fulfilled by foreign entities.

Velutha Kuttapen

e-mail:   timehri@golden.net

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com

SAD

My country has once again killed one of its citizens. He was a man whose descendants carried him in their loins all the way from West Africa-one of the six races who inhabit this land. And he is no longer.  The  Europeans called this troubled land  the Wild Coast.

We are one half the tribes of Israel with heartaches that causes silent tears in every citizen lives.
Wisdom of King Solomon would be taxed for solutions to our racism.

I hope decent minded Guyanese -the governing kind, break ranks with their political entities and form a Savior Community to rescue this great land.

If only we could be helpful to each other.


Velutha Kuttapen.

JUSTICE

My Countrymen.

Justice!

Is that possible for the poor in Guyana?

I was moved some months ago as I read a commentary of a letter writer in the Kaieteur News. “A man with a placard stood in front of the office of the Minister of Home Affairs.”

He was wronged in some way. I do not what was his bereavement. Whatever it was, he felt compelled to take up the injustice in the public’s eye. His lone demonstration probably did not move anyone.

I was touched by his effort in trying to correct a wrong that was done to him. And there was no one who could help him. For my country has lost the pulse of its heart. Dead. Dead to Justice.

Even the government of the people disrespected him.

That Sunday, I went to church. There I was going to hear a sermon, which can only be grasped as a revelation.

“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ For some time he refused……………”  It is a parable taken from the Book of Luke, Chapter 18.  

Dead to Justice. We were never this way as a colony. Our Justices, Judges, Magistrates and Lawyers were citizens who prided themselves in the practices of the rule of law.  Well organized courts, a place where citizens appeared for justice – the poor and the wealthy. Our judges knew the laws of the land as if committed to memory. And they ruled with a conscience guided by the statutes of God.

Politics of the fifties, assaulted that pillar of society. The Pillar of the Law. First, they demanded the police force refused the commands of the Colonial Powers. That simple request. At a time in our troubled history placed us squarely on the avenue of recklessness. Those who watched over our communities were compromised. And a thing like the Wismar Massacre did happen. 

Indiscretions made it easier for President Burnham to control the Police Force to suit his agenda. And the country spiralled into criminal acts on a large scale. Thieves designated their categories –Kitchen Thieves, Clothes Line Thieves, and so on and so on.  Like the people were psychologically damaged. The lack of the basic necessities forced the impoverished to do wrong to their fellow villagers.

Under the watch of President Hoyte, the society gained some grounds on fighting crime. It was like a breath of fresh air.  Excellent but short lived.

And once again, we are bombarded with crimes. But this time, much more horrendous. All of this took place under the watch of Presidents Cheddie Jagan, Samuel Hinds, Janet Jagan, Bharrat Jagdeo and Donald Ramotar. Today, even government officials flaunt the laws of the land.

The guardians of the Laws which is the government have become lawless themselves. They compromised the laws of the land. Their subordinates who are the judges, the magistrates and the lawyers acts as if their decisions are final. Who dare to question them? Don’t ever wait for a written response to an enquiry, the citizen will grow old. There are no recourses for the citizens.

The government doan care.

When there is no justice, anarchy waits round the bend. Fear and vindictiveness in the courts will hurry it along even quicker.

Such unfair practices upon the poor must come to an end. It has been said, “The arm of God is long and moves very slow, but eventually He will take hold of the ungodly.”  That is a promise of the Parable in Luke 18.

A change of those faces that govern is necessary. Guyana needs God fearing individuals to govern. Mediocre governance breathes contempt in all facets of a society.

It is important the social malaise not be viewed as an epidemic in ethnic groups but rather in the wider scope of all Guyanese.

Citizens are never to be powerless.

Be cognizant of your collective might.

And, at the end of days of this regime, just as the one they replaced, their faces will only be images of bad governances.

Future is in the hands of the beholder.  My countrymen behold your future.

Sincerely,

Velutha Kuttapen.

timehri@golden.net

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com

SEEKING NOAH

SEEKING BIBLICAL NOAH.

It is important to win just enough votes to form a government, but for the APNU+AFC it must be a rallying call for an overwhelming majority. For every pillar of our society has been wrecked asunder.

And only a very clear voice can re-build the society of the 65 years of the Peoples Progressive Party destruction.

Yes, it is 65 years. And they have set the precedent for bad governance.

If it were not for the policies of the Jagans, there would not have been those 28 years of Forbes Burnham and his Peoples National Congress. Familiarity of the history, a sane person can deduct the imprisoned minds the Burnhamite and Jaganite era instilled on the Guyanese society. Those men were like huge trees, rising in stature, towering canopy, firmly planted with deep roots. They and their political parties represented entrenched racism. As all towering trees blocks the rays of the sun from reaching the ground, no other vegetation can thrive in strength and stature.

Old trees need to be tumbled down.

Today, these old political organizations are plagued by their histories.

As a new day dawns in our political history, there must be a fervent announcement of its birth. The APNU+AFC.

This dawning comes with many notable men, but prominent among them are Granger and Nagamootoo. They themselves have emerged from the systems that ruined us from being a prosperous nation. And a great many citizens consider their voices as echoes from Freedom House and Congress Place.

There must be a Third Voice-a NEUTRAL VOICE with none of their political baggage. A voice of hope and aspirations to the citizens of Guyana. A voice that does not seek the political offices of an APNU+AFC government, but rather a voice that speaks to the people that they may know that he/she will be their contact after the victory. Because from our history, once politicians are elected, the public is forgotten until they are needed again.

This must not be so, ever again.

 And the APNU+AFC needs that third voice desperately. They have a David-Biblical David was a man after God’s own heart.  A Moses, they have also-Biblical Moses was legendary for leading the way of a people destined to be nation under The Almighty God. Noah, they need to find. And soon. For Biblical Noah was a remnant.

A voice travelled in the history of Guyana would have much to tell. That is Noah!  Find him.

For everything there is a season.

Sunlight finally broke through the era of Jaganites and Burnhamites. And new growth springs up from the shadowed ground.

APNU+AFC offers a choice to the Guyanese people.

The possibility of the dark days of PPP and PNC dominance could be over. If and only if the electorate chooses it.

And I sincerely hope they do. Only messengers and messages can help them make up their minds.

Velutha Kuttapen

 e-mail:   timehri@golden.net

Twitter:   Velutha Kuttapen@VeluthaK 

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com

TRUST

TRUST is not always rewarded.

In my country’s case - Guyana, that gesture escaped our history.  There was never any attempts to reward the citizens for their TRUST in the political system.

As ORDINARY citizens-Amerindian, Afro, Indo and the Others of Three Races, their votes empowered ordinary men and women into EXTRA-ORDINARY citizens. And they never returned the time of day to the voters-the majority who make ordinary citizens into the people who live in the clouds. As the gods. Looking down on mere mortals.   

The recent arrangement between the APNU and the AFC is a system of Appeasement to all citizens of Guyana. And as such it must be the aspiration of every Guyanese to be involved in the campaign to usher in a government of National Unity.

We are a people too entrenched in Racism. It is not a matter of trust. For we are too divided, even to realize the damages we do to our individual progress.

The politicians of the Peoples National Congress in the early years implemented programs which was in line with the thinking of politicians of the Peoples Progressive Party. Back then, in the PNC days, those who were favoured by the regime, did well-but they were few. Today, the PPP is viewed as being worst, those who are favoured by the Stalinist style government are few as well.

Whether, it is a PNC leadership or a PPP leadership, the underlining factor for you as citizens- You are denied JUSTICE.  Criminality, criminals and crimes are your constant companion.

In 1992, one would think that Cheddie Jagan should have had the foresight to have a National Front Government. Because Guyana desperately needs one to get off the racist fears. He talked about it. But, the perks of having a PPP/C government was more rewarding for him personally. And his protégés care less for the well-being of the citizens. It is boastful to talk about free and fair elections of 1992. One could even say, after Independence, it was the first democratic elections. That moment should have been treasured. Because the ordinary citizen was permitted to freely choose. Even though the PPP got elected by the Indian vote, Cheddie Jagan should have rewarded every citizen for their trust. In the formation of a National Front Government.

He never did.

But today, that reality can be made.

Citizens must engage fellow citizens. They must empower themselves. They must hold their leaders accountable-for men of power are easily swayed to do harm to their own citizens. We have seen the PPP and the PNC at work.

Indians must know, it wasn’t the ordinary Afro citizen that banned the food items and discriminate against them. It was the PNC regime.

Afroes must know, it is not the ordinary Indo citizen that discriminate against them. It is the PPP.

Both the Afro and Indo need to pull together to help the Amerindians develop-just as Randolph Cheeks had envisioned for them.

VOTE THE APNU.

Every Afro must as ask two Indoes to consider a change and vote the APNU.

Change must come.

Velutha Kuttapen

 e-mail:   timehri@golden.net

Twitter:   Velutha Kuttapen@VeluthaK 

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com

Quamina-Godfearing man

Commitment! It is the ability to stay focused.

I made a Pledge, years ago.

And on October 5, 2014, I wrote my first commentary on the Blog www.timehritoday.blogspot.com. It is titled, “THE PLEDGE.”

Prophetic as it may seem, the PPP would prorogue the Tenth Parliament about a month later (November 10, 2014). As a nation wounded by racism, my spirit sensed a turmoil is about to dawn on us again. I had witnessed one in 1953/1955. The genesis of our separation into ethnic and religious communities in Guyana.

Today, I would read about the negotiations between the AFC and APNU to be a Combined Opposition. That was written about in “THE PLEDGE.” Long before the politicians agreed on a non-disclosure agreement. I hope our politicians and fellow citizens will be able to read the entire site. 

Some years ago, Eusi Kaywana wrote in the Letter Column of the Stabroek News. I followed what he had to say. From his letters to the Editor, I knew Guyana was heading towards a precipice in a great hurry. I wrote a letter to him through the Letter Column, asking him to travel the coast of Guyana with his message and I will walk along with him. He referred to the gesture of a Kind Citizen in one his letters to the Editor. That journey never came about. I remembered him back in 1953. By the time he spoke at the meetings at Rosignol Society Hall, it would be getting dusky. I would get the Petromax lamp ready and take it over to the meeting. I stayed around and listened to him.

It was a drumbeat for me. Moved by the promises of a great future for the citizens of Guyana. 

The year 2011, General and Regional elections was a hyped up time for me. The AFC was the Alternative, the Third Force. Years of writing about another group of political players had evolved into a force. They were a group also in the previous elections. My support was with them, then too. But in 2011, several young men were involved in their campaigning and I was motivated to get onboard in the real way-in Guyana. I was disappointed when my attempts were never acknowledged.

Convinced in 2011, that the AFC would be the broker for change. Unable to contact the leadership I settled for the next best thing. But, it wasn’t the next best thing. I did THE BEST THING.

I wrote a prayer on the wide world web, petitioning for AFC victory favours. In a world as the days of Noah, the prayer met with ridicule. I sensed the mocking and scorn of the commentaries. Of course, there were those, whose silence revealed that there was no God. Perhaps, even the leadership of the AFC discounted God.

A notable person penned the words, “First they will ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

God did answered the Prayer. The proud and invincible People’s Progressive Party was dealt a blow. A minority position in the Legislature.

The victory for which I had penned the words of the prayer. The AFC received favour.          

The words go up to heaven. It is like from my lips to God’s ear. God put the meaning to the words and send them back in the world. In particular, it is Guyana.

After the polling. For days the official final results were withheld. I knew something supernatural had happened. I kept on praising God with “Praise be the name of the Lord God Almighty.” 

It would be revealed many months later, the formula applied by the Chief Elections Officer to calculate the allotment of seats in the Legislature was the incorrect one. It would have given the PPP 33 seats-the majority. God had already enhanced the discernment of Vincent Alexander long before the votes were tallied. He was divinely placed at GECOM.  And he recognized the applications of the incorrect mathematics.

It has been stated, there were only two votes which gave the AFC that one special seat. They received victory favours. That is God at work. It was a victory for the AFC-they held the balance of power over the People’s Progressive Party.

The prayer was answered.

Since that time, I’ve heard of the many applauses attributed to some men in politics for what had occurred. But for those men and women of the Alliance for Change. God is very far from their thoughts. Humility must be searched for. And they have had their fair share of party upheavals.

What manner of citizens rise to the elite class to govern the people of Guyana?

Once, a man strived for the unity of the races. And his life was taken from him. THE WORKING PEOPLES ALLIANCE must remember that. In the Whiteman’s world, when a man dies for a cause, his effort is not forgotten or traded. Instead, it inspires to carry on.                

Our country is at a crossroad. We have experienced the behemoths     

Velutha Kuttapen

 e-mail:   timehri@golden.net

Twitter:   Velutha Kuttapen@VeluthaK 

www.timehritoday.blogspot.com