An Insult To The Nation

PLEASE allow me space in your newspaper to air my views concerning the article of 12 August 2004, “Government should not be blamed for abuse by civil servants.”

That statement is an insult to the Namibian nation. If we don’t blame our government then who should be blamed? It seems like the government only wants to be our government when they are eating our money through tax, when it comes to taking responsibility they are in denial, they forget that they are in their chairs because of us, the taxpayers.When will government recognise the work of NSHR who are educating Namibians about their rights; they have even published many different books in different languages.If there was no such education then the abuse of basic human rights would be worse than currently.Those who don’t recognise that NSHR are in fact is doing someing ignominious and are denying what is contained in the report.We citizens know what is happening in this country and we are not blind.The time will come when the government cannot deny the truth anymore.The deterioration of human rights in this country is causing and increasing unemployment, poverty, huunger and disease.The NSHR is just behind the truth, let the NSHR team do their job without fear and threats from anyone.We cannot tolerate the fact that our economy is feeding our leaders and we the nation who are in majority and who put them in power are living in poverty.Without the NSHR team we would not have known these things.I therefore, congratulate you people from NSHR.D Haimbodi WindhoekIf we don’t blame our government then who should be blamed? It seems like the government only wants to be our government when they are eating our money through tax, when it comes to taking responsibility they are in denial, they forget that they are in their chairs because of us, the taxpayers.When will government recognise the work of NSHR who are educating Namibians about their rights; they have even published many different books in different languages.If there was no such education then the abuse of basic human rights would be worse than currently.Those who don’t recognise that NSHR are in fact is doing someing ignominious and are denying what is contained in the report.We citizens know what is happening in this country and we are not blind.The time will come when the government cannot deny the truth anymore.The deterioration of human rights in this country is causing and increasing unemployment, poverty, huunger and disease.The NSHR is just behind the truth, let the NSHR team do their job without fear and threats from anyone.We cannot tolerate the fact that our economy is feeding our leaders and we the nation who are in majority and who put them in power are living in poverty.Without the NSHR team we would not have known these things.I therefore, congratulate you people from NSHR.D Haimbodi Windhoek