ksazma posted:. Now I do agree with you that whether the Customs Officer acted legally or not is the main argument but maybe he has already determined that from his experiences.
And that should be the point. And this is what I mean about having a multi ethnic rather then singular ethnocentric focus.
Guyanese of ALL RACES are harassed by bullying government officials in Guyana. This was true under Burnham, under Jagdeo/Ramotar and is once again true under Granger/Harmon.
Now Bisram could pick as a battle the high handed way that these people treat the powerless. This is a problem that ALL Guyanese face and so he would get more backing. Unless he can prove that there is in fact a documented policy of customs to levy duty on Indian attire then he begins to look like another PPP operative who just cannot get over the fact that on TWO occasions Guyanese rejected the PPP.
Clothing that isn't for personal use, or isn't in small amounts to be used as a gift does face import duty. So if customs claims that they didn't buy his argument that these garments fit this criteria then they might well be within their rights to do so. And Bisram ends up with egg on his face if it turns out that he had a whole suit case full of unused garments.
What we have in Guyana is a bullying and arrogant set of folks ru(I)ning the country. Guyanese voted against the PPP hoping to end this, but these new set turn out to be just as bad, and in fact even openly harass their own support base.
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