…back into the party
Your Eyewitness had wondered as to what happened to that stalwart of the PNC – ROH Corbin after he handed off the baton to David Granger as leader of the PNC before the 2011 elections. The man’d spent his entire life – literally – doing whatever he was asked to do for the Party, as far back as the Wismar “troubles” of the 1960’s. It was common knowledge that he’d earned a graduate degree in “electoral diddling” – which not do incidentally – ensured the PNC remain in power by “garnering” as much as 97% at elections!
As the consummate political operator, no one believed he’d go so quietly out to pasture. But then after taking over from Desmond’s Hoyte and leader of the PNC in 2002 and suffering an embarrassing electoral defeat in 2006, maybe he’d concluded there was no way the PNC would sidle back into govt? Can’t rig from outside, can you? So it gotta be something else. Either he was struck with a sudden attack of “statesmanship” and decided to hang up his boots “for the good of the party” or he worked out a pro quid quo with Granger.
Now after being quieter that the proverbial mouse for three years, his name’s suddenly popped up as a candidate for the Chairmanship of the PNC! He’s going up against the incumbent Basil Williams, who’s been taking some heat just now for not paying attention to his substantive portfolio of Attorney General. But hey!! That’s not PNC’s business is it? Don’t rush to nod your head in agreement, now, dear reader!
As a matter of fact, Williams himself confessed there’s a “very thin line” between party business and government business. He illustrated his point by going right to the top and revealed when President Granger’s ostensibly out doing government business, he also doing party business! So now we return to the billion dollar question…maybe Williams WAS doing party business when he allowed several mega settlements against the government to go through uncontested?
Be as it may, if Corbin does run against Williams, your Eyewitness thinks the dapper, moustachioed one’s a goner. Yes…he did defend the “honour” of the PNC at the Rodney’s hearings…but with the PNC’s membership jumping from 5000 to “over 10,000”, since they took office, the average PNC member will demand Corbin. After all, he’s the last of the old guards who know where the bodies are buried. Hamilton Green don’t count!
Another reason in his favour is they’ll be keeping an eye on 2020 when Corbin will still be younger that Granger.
And he knows all there is to know about winning elections, doesn’t he?
…stymied?
Your Eyewitness must confess he’s flummoxed by this sudden desire of the government to take over the building that presently houses the Walter Roth Museum. Anyone who might’ve been curious about our ethnography would know that institution’s the Smithsonian of our Indigenous Peoples. Why change a good thing?
And for what? To create some government offices? So we place bureaucratic comfort ahead of our national heritage? If we’re going to be so crass about our history, why not have the Ministry of Public Infrastructure throw up a new building in a couple weeks like he did with Jubilee Stadium?
Where? Why on Parade Ground, which is just across from the President’s office!! So what if this site is sacred to African Guyanese because of the 1823 Rebellion? And then we now know it’s ain’t so easy to move all those delicate and intricate stuff that’s been around for thousands and thousands of years.
It’ll be like going up the Itaname Rapids. And Itaname gon hu’t dem belly!
…SOCU
After months of ambiguity – and one fatal high-powered car chase – SOCU’s finally been told they report to the Police Commissioner.
So could the latter gentleman now look into who’s been leaking confidentially gathered info to the Muckraker?
