…at City Hall
Back in the day…the real old days, when “off with his head” wasn’t just a line from a children’s story – Henry II of England just couldn’t get his Archbishop of Canterbury to do his bidding. (No not to approve his divorce from his wife so he could marry some other “sweet young thing!! That’s Henry VIII!!) This had to do with the Crown controlling the Clergy. So one day in court, he exclaimed in exasperation – “Will no one rid me of this troublesome priest?” And four fella’s who took him seriously went and took out the Archbishop!!
In a reversal of numbers – but not in spirit – the Gang of Four over at our own City Hall (obviously inspired by their Gothic surroundings from Henry’s era) must be muttering the same plea about the PPP Councillor who’s exposing their shenanigans over the City’s purse. Imagine the fella had the temerity to demand an audit of City Hall’s books!! Didn’t he know a peon can’t question a king?
It all has to do with this crassness that’s crept into public life with the coming of “democracy”. But as another Big Gun in Guyana had said (the Biggest Gun of them all, if you go by all the paeans sung at his birthday, recently!) – there are many ways to skin a cat. Actually, he’d talked about “killing cats” – but in these days when CoI’s findings on “killing” are disputed, we won’t go there.
The nominal head of the Gang of Four claimed the obstreperous Councillor didn’t “word his request” properly!! Yep!! You heard right! Asked as to whether she’d advised on the “correct wording”, the Gothic Queen snapped haughtily, “Not my job, man!” Now if you, dear reader, interject indignantly that even with old and archaic “Common Law”, the exact wording of a “writ” doesn’t kill it nowadays, it means you still didn’t get it.
“It” being that our Gang of Four are still seized of a Gothic 12th Century mindset! And it would appear all the good burghers of Georgetown are only too happy to be doormats for them. How else can you explain their studied silence as one outrage after another’s committed. Imagine saddling us with reparations for the next 49 years to some fast talking salesman hocking parking meters.
But think about the container fees – didn’t the Business folks made them back down? What are we Georgetowners? Men or mouse?
Squeak if you agree!
…in ware “house” gate
And who says Prezzie doesn’t listen. In fact the man beams into the minds of citizens even as they utter their thoughts. Just yesterday, your Eyewitness suggested that Prezzie appoint a CoI on Ware-“house” gate and lo and behold (as the holy rollers say) the deed was done. Now with such responsiveness, it might seem uncouth to complain – but hey! an Eyewitness has to say it as he sees it, nuh?
So what can he say about the members of the special CoI – the PM who’s supposed to Chair Cabinet, the Minister of State for the Presidency and the Minister of Governance. Well for one, they all sit in Cabinet – which, not so incidentally, approved the contract to rent the Albouystown bottom house to store our nation’s pharmaceuticals.
And this means members of the Cabinet will be judging the propriety of another Member negotiating, contracting, approving and paying the rent (and deposit) by his lonesome!! Excepting, the said members of the Cabinet approved the contract! They’ll be replicating what they’re investigating the Minister about – playing judge, jury and executioner of their own malfeasance.
Or will they say, as Cabinet members, they just signed along the dotted lines?
…and US travel advisory
Just when your Eyewitness thought it was safe to get into the skies, via Trinidad, up comes this travel advisory. Guyanese will again be subjected to the degrading “search” procedures at Piarco – which can extend to body orifices.
Not to mention the supercilious Customs Officers.
