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EDITORIAL: JUSTICE IS NEEDED IN GUYANA

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Mark A. BenschopIT IS THE EDITORIAL CONTENTION OF THIS NEWSPAPER THAT THE PRESIDENT OF GUYANA, THE CURRENT COMMISSIONER OF THE GUYANA POLICE FORCE, THE FORMER MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS RONALD GAJRAJ, THE MINISTER OF HEALTH LESLIE RAMSAMMY, AND SUNDRY OTHERS IN THE LEADERSHIP AND RANK AND FILE OF THE PPP, WERE CO-CONSPIRATORS WITH ROGER KHAN IN THE MURDER OF POLITICAL ACTIVIST RONALD WADDELL,  AND THE KIDNAPPING, TORTURE  AND LYNCHING OF HUNDREDS OF YOUNG BLACK  BY THE MOB ROGER KHAN AND GAJRAJ WERE GIVEN PERMISSION BY THE GOVERNMENT TO ASSEMBLE.


IN THE OPINION OF THE EDITORIAL STAFF OF THIS ONLINE NEWSPAPER, THE EVIDENCE THAT IS EMERGING FROM THE CASE OF ROBERT SIMELS, KHAN’S FORMER ATTORNEY, AND WHAT HAS BEEN IN THE PUBLIC’S FACE THOUGHOUT THE PAST SIX OR SEVEN YEARS, INCONTROVERTIBLY LINKS THESE PERSONS TOGETHER IN A CAMPAIGN OF MASS KIDNAPPINGS, TORTURES AND MURDERS THAT ARE BEYOND ANYTHING THE CARIBBEAN COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED. THE ONLY QUESTION THAT REMAINS AT THIS TIME IS THE PROCESS TO BE ACTIVATED IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THESE CRIMINALS ARE BROUGHT BEFORE A DULY CONSTITUTED COURT OF LAW TO ANSWER FOR THEIR ACTIONS. IT IS, OF COURSE, SOMETHING OF AN IRONY IN THEM ENJOYING A PROCESS THEY WERE ENTHUSIASTICALLY INVOLVED IN DENYING TO HUNDREDS.
THE BASIS FOR THE COMPLAINT AGAINST THE PARTIES ENUMERATED IN THE FOREGOING IS AS FOLLOWS:
(1)    ROGER KHAN: THIS SUSPECT TOOK OUT A FULL PAGE AD IN LOCAL NEWSPAPERS ADMITTING HIS INVOLVEMENT IN SO CALLED CRIME FIGHTING. EYE WITNESS TESTIMONY LINKS HIM DIRECTLY TO KILLINGS. THERE IS NO NEED TO PRESENT ANY FURTHER ARGUMENT FOR HIS INDICTMENT SINCE HIS OWN WORDS ESTABLISHES A PRIMA FACIE CASE OF MURDER AGAINST HIM.
(2)    RONALD GAJRAJ: THE TESTIMONY OF GEORGE BACCHUS AND THE LINKS BETWEEN RONALD GAJRAJ AND THE LATE PHANTOM MEMBER AXEL WILLIAMS, DIRECTLY AND CIRCUMSTANTIALLY COROBORATES THE COMPLAINT AGAINST HIM. THE DEFENSE HE PRESENTED BEFORE THE KANGAROO COMMISSION, THAT HIS ASSOCIATION WITH WILLIAMS WAS IN THE NATURE OF GATHERING INFORMATION, IS PATHETICALLY VACCUOUS. THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS DOES NOT CONFER UPON THE HOLDER THE POWERS OF A PEACE OFFICER, WHICH IS NECESSARY BEFORE ANYONE IS AUTHORISED TO ENGAGE IN FUNCTIONS RESERVED FOR MEMBER OF THE FORCE.  THE POWERS VESTED IN A POLICE OFFICER IS CONDITIONAL UPON THEM TAKING AN OATH OF OFFICE. MR GAJRAJ’S ADMISSIONS ARE SUFFICIENT TO EXPOSE HIM TO PROSECUTION FOR IMPERSONATING A MEMBER OF THE FORCE, OR THE OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE.
(3)    Leslie RAMSAMMY: THE CASE AGAINST Leslie RAMSAMMY IS SOLID, UNIMPEACHABLE, AND REQUIRES HIS IMMEDIATE ARREST AND DETENTION PENDING THE PREPARATION OF THE INDICTMENT. THERE ARE NO MORE CREDIBLE SOURCES OF INFORMATION THAN THAT WHICH IS SWORN TO BEFORE A US COURT IN A HIGH PROFILE CASE. THE CONSEQUENCES OF PREVARICATION BY WITNESSES IN SUCH INSTANCES ARE SEVERE, AND THERE ARE NO EXCEMPTIONS. RAMSAMMY WAS THE GOVERNMENT’S FACE AND AUTHORITY IN THE TRANSACTION TO SECURE THE EQUIPMENT USED BY ROGER KHAN TO TRACK AND LOCATE HIS VICTIMS. WITHOUT RAMSAMMY’S CONTRIBUTIONS, KHAN’S EXTRA JUDICIAL LYNCHING OPERATIONS WOULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY CURTAILED
(4)    THE CURRENT COMMISSIONER OF THE GUYANA POLICE FORCE: THE US GOVERNMENT, BASED ON INFORMATION GATHERED IN ITS SOPHISTICATED INTELLIGENCE GATHERING OPERATIONS, REVOKED THE VISAS OF HENRY GREENE BECAUSE OF HIS ASSOCIATION WITH INTERNATIONAL DRUG TRAFFICKING. THE GROUNDS FOR THE REVOCATION WAS THAT GREENE PROFITTED FROM THE TRANSFER OF ILLEGAL DRUGS FROM GUYANA TO THE US. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE CARTEL FROM WHICH GREENE RECEIVED HIS GAINS WAS THE ONE HEADED BY ROGER KHAN. BY EXTENSION THEREFORE, IT HAS TO BE DEDUCED THAT THE REWARDS GREENE RECEIVED WERE FOR SERVICES HE WAS ABLE TO RENDER TO KHAN IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACIY AS CIME CHIEF OF THE GUYANA POLICE FORCE.
(5)    BHARRAT JAGDEO AND OTHERS: THE LAWS OF GUYANA AND THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATIONS ON HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS UNAMBIGUOUSLY ASSERTS THAT THE CITIZENS OF EVERY SIGNATORY NATION ARE ENITLED TO DUE PROCESS AND THE PRESUMTION OF INNOCENCE IN ALL MATTERS FOR WHICH THEY ARE SUSPECTS OR PRISONERS. THE GOVERNMENTS OF THESE NATIONS ARE UNDER A LEGAL OBLIGATION TO ENSURE THAT THE UN ARTICLES AND LIKE PRINCIPLES THAT ARE ENSHRINED IN THE LAWS OF EACH NATION ARE OBSERVED TO THE FULLEST DEGREE. THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA ARE IN VIOLATION OF THE LEGAL OBLIGATION THEY WERE UNDER, TO ENSURE THAT THE RULE OF LAW APPLIED TO EVERY PERSON IN GUYANA REGARDLESS OF RACE, ETHNICITY, OR POLITICS. THE REFUSAL OF THE PRESIDENT AND THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA TO PUBLICLY CONDEMN THE ALMOST DAILY REVELATIONS THAT MEN WERE BEING KIDNAPPED, BRUTALLY TORTURED AND EXCECUTED, AND THE ABSENCE OF ANY ACTIONS OR MEASURES ON PART OF THIS BODY TO INTERVENE AND STOP OR PREVENT WHAT WAS GOING ON, AMOUNT TO CONDONMENT OF THE CAPITAL CRIMES THAT WERE IN COMMISSION. THE BODIES WERE BEING DISPLAYED ON THE FRONT PAGES OF NEWSPAPERS AS THEY WERE DISCOVERED, MAKING ANY EXCUSE OF IGNORANCE OF FACT ON PART OF THE PRESIDENT AND HIS GOVERNMENT ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA, UNDER THE PRESIDENCY OF BHARRAT JAGDEO, GAVE AID AND COMFORT TO ROGER KHAN AND RONALD GAJRAJ AS THEY MADE DECISIONS ON WHO SHOULD DIE IN GUYANA. NEITHER ROGER KHAN OR RONALD GAJRAJ WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO CARRY OUT THEIR ILLEGAL KILLING OPERATIONS IF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA HAD LIVED UP TO ITS LEGAL RESPONSIBILITIES. 

DEFINITION: A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, UNDER THE LAWS OF GUYANA, IS DEFINED AS AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO OR MORE PERSONS TO CARRY OUT AN UNLAWFUL ACT, OR TO CARRY OUT A LAWFUL ACT BY UNLAWFUL MEANS. THE CRIME IS COMMITTED WITH THE AGREEMENT, AND ANYTHING SAID OR DONE BY ANY OF THE PARTIES TO THE AGREEMENT IN PURSUANCE OF THIS COMMON AIM IS ADMISSABLE AS EVIDENCE AGAINST ALL OF THEM. IT WAS LAWFUL AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA TO ATTEMPT TO GET CONTROL OF, AND  PUT AN END TO, ANY FORM OF CRIMINALITY THAT WAS TAKING PLACE IN THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME. IT WAS INDICTABLY CRIMINAL AT THE INTERNATIONAL LEVEL, FOR THEM TO BECOME INVOLVED IN ACTIONS THAT AMOUNTED TO MASS MURDER AND WAR CRIMES.

IN CONCLUSION, THE PEOPLE THAT RENDERED AID AND COMFORT TO THE SOCIOPATHIC ASSEMBLEY ENGAGED IN THE WORSE CAMPAIGNS OF LYNCHING OF BLACK MEN IN THE AMERICAS SINCE RECONSTRUCTION SHOULD NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR THE POWERS OF GOVERNMENT. THIS IS NOT A CASE FOR LOCAL COURTS AND LOCAL INVESTIGATIVE AUTHORITIES. THIS IS A MATTER THAT DEMANDS INTERVENTION AT AN INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. THE INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF THE PERSONS INVOLVED IN THESE CRIMES REQUIRE EXPEDITIOUS ATTENTION, BECAUSE JUSTICE DELAYED AMOUNT TO JUSTICE DENIED. THE COPSES BENEATH THE GROUND IN GUYANA ARE CRYING OUT IMPATIENTLY FOR JUSTICE.      

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