The Cabal in the New PPP Has Hijacked Apaan Jhat Sonny Evans December 18, 2012 Often,

, as many people have viewed it, apaan jhat represents a concept of togetherness with one's kin. On its face, that not only seems acceptable, but very desirable. This is particularly true because we Guyanese define "family", "my mother", "my father", "my auntie", "my uncle", "my sister", "my brother", "my daughter", "my son", etc., in ways that often do not relate only genetic realities, but also to emotional connections and importance. We say, "she's a mother to me", we show respect to our unrelated elders by calling them "auntie" and "uncle". In short, although the term apaan jhat has a specific ethnic origins, the good behaviours and attitudes that spring from apaan jhat are mirrored by, and transcend, racial and socioeconomic lines in ways we Guyanese find completely normal ... and strongly desirable. Before 1992, when the PPP came to power, there were several sensible reasons for Guyanese of Indian descent to feel put upon. Since 1992, there have been several reasons, also sensible, for other Guyanese to feel put upon. In both cases, these feelings rest primarily on the basis of race. Now, however, after twenty years in power, we still often see the slithering cabal in the new PPP referring explicitly and implicitly to apaan jhat. They do it for obvious political purposes, i.e., to suggest that only a government controlled by Guyanese of Indian descent will best advance the interests of Guyanese of Indian descent. They don't even try to suggest that any good government should advance the interests of all citizens, not those of any specific group at the expense of others. The daily facts show the brutal cynicism of this approach. Readers of Stabroek News, Kaieteur News, Demerara Waves, Capitol News, and even Guyana Times will rapidly form one stark conclusion: it is not APNU or PNC political propaganda that every day a tragically and rapidly ballooning mass of Guyanese of Indian descent are being murdered, raped, mutilated, kidnapped, hijacked, pirated, trafficked, and extorted by other Guyanese of Indian descent typically those sheltered by the very people in political power saying that apaan jhat will protect. We all know that this is mainly so the members of the cabal in the new PPP can do one thing: steal even more money from hardworking Guyanese up and down the economic ladder. In short, the cabal in the new PPP is exploiting the concept of apaan jhat to destroy Guyanese, of all races, who are relatively powerless and poor. Yet another cruel irony for poor Guyanese to endure. When and how will this disgusting behaviour stop? If it is indeed true that President Ramotar is fighting Bharrat Jagdeo and his acolytes to reassert the morality of the traditional PPP, the powerful instinct to represent poor Guyanese in their fight for improvement, may he and his supporters be reminded that the members of the new PPP and its cabal, all vulgar, are not citizens of Guyana, they are only inhabitants here. These cowards and rapists in the cabal in the new PPP should be ashamed to call themselves men, and they are definitely not productive enough to be called women. Yes, President Cheddi and all traditional PPP supporters must indeed be hanging their heads in shame, as the brave and principled actions of Mr. Moses Nagamootoo and Mr. Ralph Ramkarran amply demonstrate!