Let us not forget some of our revolutionary groups such as: UBAD, PAC, RAM, etc. A letter is too small to name all those that fought against oppression, poverty and hunger in our country. But permit me, Editor Sir, to remember Jesus Ken, a man that did not have an academic education. Instead his vision was one of the best that up to today many of us are still struggling to make it a reality. For those that miss the path of their original way let me say: ?If you want to know the man, give him absolute power.?

The fight for self-government and independence has taken us back to be modern subjects of our established system. After 24 years of independence our constitution needs to be reformed. It?s time for us, no, for you, to understand that that system doesn?t work for the benefit of all of our Belizean people. It only works for a few that are close to the absolute power.

Belizeans are not Anglo-Saxons. We are of a diverse culture. The way we see, feel and or interpret things, are different and you need to learn to set up a system that we want, not one that you think we need, for your benefit.

Why are you rejecting today?s workers? unions, students and others for making a stand against oppression? Have you forgotten the General Workers Union strike in 1952? Many of the needs of those days are still hanging. You have missed the way by benefiting a few.

The Wednesday night, April 20, 2005 event in Belize City, is considered by some of us as senseless, evil, dark shadows, etc. There is no such thing as a ?peaceful demonstration?. No one can live isolated. Whatever one does affects the other and vice versa.

Throughout my life I had the opportunity of participating in many ?peaceful demonstrations?. In one of them someone not belonging to our group threw a molotov towards the policemen. In another demonstration a young lady from a press house contrary to our political party, developed a situation so that some of the demonstrators could have violently harassed her. On the following day of demonstration my responsibility was to follow her where ever she went without her observing me, then after write about her behaviour in my column. Her mission was to create a problem and there was no way we could tell her to leave.

No-one gets the real news of an event hidden in a corner. You will speculate. You need to put on the jacket of the house you represent and get in between the fire. And if you want to get closer, be an undercover. It?s nothing new.

Respectfully,

Thanks to our constitution

(Signed) Finca Solana

Corozal Town