Dear Editor,
For a few years, I have been reading the annual diatribe by attorney Christopher Ram, on the budgets which the government has been tabling. This year, I find that Ram’s comments have not changed from usual; the lack of objectivity and professionalism, political attacks and political pandering. His comments have, however — especially since he had joined a political slate of candidates — spewed more vileness and venom. Also, since the ascent of Dr Ashni Singh to the post of finance minister, Christopher Ram seems to have personally gone after him with an unusual amount of animosity and envy.
I decided to pen this piece because Ram cannot match up to the capacity and abilities of Dr Singh, and I feel he does not deserve to be even a “sparring partner” of the honourable minister of finance. The credentials of Dr Singh are impeccable. He has not only passed through the stage of Mr Ram, but exceeded and excelled all the way to the top. Nothing less was expected of this brilliant son of Guyana. Dr Singh has always academically topped his cohort. A few weeks ago, at a popular social spot, I ran into a gentleman (Mr Michael Joseph) from St Lucia, who mentioned to me how he started his doctoral studies with the “bright and talented Ashni Singh”.