With three weeks to go before elections day – and your Eyewitness having promised to cover the daily goings-on – you’d think these politicians on the hustings – excepting Pressie, of course – would come up with new material. Just not, of course, to help out yours truly but to help keep the voters out here interested in what’s in it for them – literally!! Now we know Pressie always has something new – but your Eyewitness figures if he keeps focusing on him, folks might just think this humble scribbler’s singing for his supper!! That’s just how Guyanese think, innit??
So what’s new, pussycat?? Well, your Eyewitness’ eyes were caught by an announcement by the sister of that US-sanctioned fella. The one who decided he’d rather hand out the money he owes the GRA – for smuggling out TWO TONNES OF GOLD without paying taxes – to get elected to Government. Ironically, he’d have to urge folks to pay their taxes to keep the wheels of Government turning!! This is like wanting to become the Sheriff of Nottingham after stealing the Sheriff’s money but keeping it in HIS pocket – unlike that Robin Hood fella in green that he pretends to be!! This local hood should deck himself in an orange jumpsuit!!
Anyhow, back to the sister who seems to’ve decided to become the sanctioned chap’s PR rep. Speaking about Burnham on his death anniversary, she announced that the dictator’s “role in shaping the nation is undeniable”!! Well, sure it is!! Didn’t a person who was there when Burnham was doing his (dirty) thing – Dr Walter Rodney – declare that everything the “megalomaniac” touched turned to shit?! How many people can be reverse Midas?!! But the sanctioned gold smuggler’s sister continued to wax lyrical about Burnham!! “May his legacy continue to serve as a reminder of the importance of strong, principled leadership in difficult times!” “Principled”?? Imagine that!! Knowing her brother intimately – as she’s assured us – is she confirming Burnham’s is the kind of leadership he’ll offer – as most folks believe he will – based on his smuggling background?
So, what else did Burnham do that the sanctioned fella might emulate?? Corrupting the police to do his bidding for his own agenda?? Well, he’s been there and done that!! Assassinating people like Burnham assassinated Rodney for exposing him as a nothing?? Hold it!! There have been persistent assertions that Mr Sanction has also been here and done that also – even more publicly on Main Street even!! And we can go down the list of Burnham’s peccadilloes – like going in for ostentatious rides – like that refurbished Rolls Royce for which he paid neither the price nor the taxes!!
Maybe Mr Sanction would take up horse-riding to fulfil Burnham’s “legacy”??
…the BRICS scoop
BRICS has been in the news recently ever since Pres Trump placed it in his crosshairs for daring to attempt to replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency! But what exactly is BRICS?? We know the name BRIC – Brazil, Russia, India and China – was concocted by a Wall Street fella early in the millennium. He considered them as significant “emerging economies” – as opposed to the older “developed” and “developing” dichotomy that prevailed after WWII after decolonisation. South Africa was added on after the named countries actually began to meet annually in 2009. Talk about serendipity!!
But exactly what have they achieved since?? Whether you slice it or dice it, they’re still a bunch of wannabes that want to challenge American unipolarity – and find safety in numbers. They’ve been unable to agree on any significant issue, and we saw this at their meeting earlier this year when Chinese President Xi didn’t show up!! Even without the excuse that Russia’s Putin had.
He could’ve been arrested!!
