Two weeks after Adrianna’s death – an eternity in today’s cyber reality! – the GPF’s Crime Chief spoke on this matter which has transfixed the nation as few have ever done. But, unfortunately, the determination of the circumstances of the 11-year- old child’s demise have almost been pushed into the background. We’re now hearing more about Scrapeheads and the reasons for their affinity towards looting, burning and general mayhem.
But maybe that’s the silver -lining your Eyewitness is assured lies behind every dark cloud. Poor him; he’d assumed that these folks who committed the above-mentioned criminal acts were just like the opportunistic ones who always lurk in the dark shadows of society, waiting to pounce!! Now he knows that some of our top leaders from the Opposition ranks had been Scrapeheads back in the day; and, as such, feel the rest of society wouldn’t understanding enough about their “lived reality”.
The latter phrase is much bandied about, and implies pointedly that – as our prophet Brother Bob crooned – “only he who feels it knows it”!! The “it”, of course, being the poverty and suchlike that the Scrapeheads experienced. Never mind that almost half of Guyana – 48% – have been surveyed as living in poverty but don’t loot, burn, or create mayhem. These latter folks are probably living in a matrix where their consciousness is controlled by the ruling class, and they’re nurtured like mushrooms – kept in the dark and fed horseshit!
Now, back to the matter at hand. Your Eyewitness understands that the Crime Chief’s absence was due to his being abroad. As such, his rather oracular pronouncements – demanding expert interpretation – at his press conference might’ve been due to his being jet-lagged, rather than the trances through which the Oracle at Delphi answered questions.
So, what did we learn??
Well, that the retired Mountie – who hopefully still always “get their man” – would arrive that evening. But we’d already heard that from Pressie. Also – drumroll!! – some of his top detectives were following several leads and were busy collecting “evidence”. Now, your Eyewitness knows that even though the crime scene had been irrevocably compromised from day one, as the Crime Chief indicated, folks who were around the pool might still be interviewed about facts shown in the welter of videos circulating. For one, your Eyewitness hadn’t realized that there were some TEN kids in the pool. Did NONE of them notice when – as the family asserted – Adrianna left or was taken from the pool??
Anyhow, Adrianna’s family announced they might hire their own private investigator (PI), plus the Trini pathologist. Does Guyana have PIs?? Are they licensed? Do we even have a procedure for licensing PIs??
The wheels on the bus go round and round…
…Mad Maduro’s insanity test
One of the characteristics of madmen is that they’ll believe they’re ABSOLUTELY correct on a matter – while the ENTIRE world’s wrong!! And there you have in a nutshell (pun intended!!) the test that Mad Maduro is wacko when he insists he’s going ahead with his May 25 legislative election – that include electing EIGHT legislators from Essequibo!! And a governor!! He’s already said he’ll ignore the ICJ’s ruling to quit with his nonsense! He probably reprised Stalin’s quip about the Vatican – “How many divisions does the Pope have?”
But while the ICJ mightn’t have an army, Mad Maduro’s thumbing his nose at the “World Court”, after he goes ahead with his make-believe election – with no ballot papers or ballot stations or constituencies – on our Essequibo territory.
This will give us a criterion for scaling our relations with OTHER countries. We’ll now know where Ralphie Boy of tiny St Vincent to Xi from massive China stand on the most fundamental international value of “sovereignty”!!
…the rains arrive
Your Eyewitness has noticed that, once again, GuySuCo’s waaay behind their production target. The May-June rains have arrived, and that target’s gone for channa. Now they’ve made Pressie look bad on the plans to build a sugar refinery here.
