Mr. Ramakant:
A recent column from Mr. Seeram on Moses Nagamootoo being a candidate for president as “ambition” shows how very little he knows Bro. Moses.
Moses is not a fly by night politician; he is a tried and tested leader and has been a warrior for the working class. Moses was there for us when we needed him most. At a time when being associated with the PPP meant unemployment, starvation and suffering at the hands of the PNC, Moses was there for us. At a time when your life was in danger from House of Israel thugs and PNC terrorists, Moses was there for us. There are many in the PPP cabinet now with no history of working class struggle or standing up for the masses. What did people like the famous Chatree, Ashni, Sam, Jagdeo, Manickchand, Jennifer, Norman, Juan, Carolyn, and Robeson, know about working class struggle or fighting in the trenches for the people. In thick and thin, Moses was there with Jagan and the working poor.
I remember when news would come to Berbice from Georgetown (not many phones in those days) that Moses was beaten again or harassed by the PNC mafia, Moses’ mother, the kind-hearted Auntie Chunoo from Whim would cry and say, “Me no know wha Moses ah kill he self behind Jagan.” But that was Moses. He was willing to risk his life and family interests for the working people.
Moses is not and never was an opportunist. When Chandisingh, Teekah, Harilall and others crossed the floor, Moses stayed with Jagan and the suffering masses. He and others “stood in the Gap” for the nation until democracy was restored in 1992.
I remember in the 1973 elections, it was Moses on election night battling it out with the PNC people exposing the rigging of the elections by the Army.
When the PPP (Jaganite) begin to lose its way with the death of the Jagans, and started to depart from the ideals of Jagan, it was Moses (and Ramjattan) who blew the whistle, and eventually left the PPP (Jagdeoite), when it was no longer possible to change the now bourgeois, parasitic PPP.
Moses is a decent person, with a long record of defending the people. The PPP are terrified of him because, Moses has credibility and knows how to handle the Jagdeoite crowd. With Moses as part of the AFC team of Bro. Khemraj, Nigel and Trotman and others, they have brought the now corrupt PPP to its knees.
Seeram is a smart man and should know better than trying to vilify Bro. Moses, one of Berbice’s pride and joy.
Sincerely,
Jay Bharrat