And we are all…honourable men

Fresh off his securing the LOO gig, Sanction Man and WIN are starting to feel their oats!! You’d think they’d be boning up on the notes that were handed to them by his hired help – but here was Sanction Man meeting with the GECOM Chair to demand that one or more of the three Opposition Commissioners be replaced by others of his choosing. Imagine that!! Now your Eyewitness is hoping he didn’t fall asleep when the matter was already ventilated early in the day – before he was LOO! Everyone and their uncle had concluded that under the Carter rules in place since 1992 – even modified in 2009 – none of the members of the GECOM Commission, including the Chair, could be “fired” – unless they agree!!
Now this might sound strange to some – especially one like Sanction Man who literally parachuted himself into the political arena last year!! There aren’t usually sinecures in politics!! But the political system up to then was paranoid about Burnham controlling GECOM’s chair like a trained monkey!!  They were determined FOR the Commission so that the opposition members checkmated the Government Commissioners – and in effect gave overall power to the Chair who has the casting vote!! It was left to the opposition parties to agree on the choices of three members each – and agree on replacing them. The Chair is the big enchilada, and this is why there’s such an elaborate tango between the Government and the opposition to appoint the latter. The Opposition proposes six names from which the President must choose one!! Granger tried a thing to appoint his own self-appointed “fit and proper” lackey by the name of Patterson! But he was bitch-slapped by the courts, and he had to retreat with his tail between his legs – and the PPP-nominated incumbent Claudette Singh was appointed!
So if he’d been paying attention, Sanction Man shoulda been meeting Norton rather than Claudette!! But he now says the Opposition Commissioners “should do the honourable thing and resign”!!
This from a man who wouldn’t do the honourable thing and contest the US criminal indictments in their courts!!

…looking next door
Over in Venezuela, “running” the country to get at their oil – supposedly the largest reserves in the world! – is proving to be a bit more nettlesome than originally assumed! The problem is twofold. First, Venezuelan oil is pretty much like sulphur-laden tar. And it’ll take enormous investments to make it marketable.
The second problem flows from this – the majors like ExxonMobil don’t want to plunk down that kinda moolah when they suspect things ain’t gonna be regulah for a while!! So Secretary of State Rubio just demanded Venezuela – meaning Delcy – improve the terms with oil companies – or lose out to Guyana.
Another reason for her to hate our guts!!

…bringing coals to Newcastle?
Our colonial education told us that “bringing coal to Newcastle” was kinda ridiculous – since Newcastle was a centre of coal mining!!
So this fella bringing in ganja from the US to Guyana?!!