Parliament’s saga of gymnastic trauma and theatric drama

Dear Editor,
The 29th sitting of the 12th Parliament took place on the 14th June 2021. It commenced at 2pm and ending until 5:22am on June 15th. It was intriguing to watch and listen to the sarcastic cajoling, the theatric gesticulation, the amusing answers, the heated argument, the absurd rhetoric, the language gerrymandering, the lawless interruptions, the absence of cordial felicitation, the repetitive rehashing, the idle boredom, the noisy heckling, the brash challenges, the name calling, the teasing temptation, the luring loudness, the incessant rapping, the strayed beguiling, the nasty remarks affronting the chair, the insulting provocation, the angry looks, the diplomatic reaction, the offended retort, the unexpected reply, the fitting response, the inappropriate comments, the distressed displeasure, the tiring ramifications, the uncomfortable twitching and swishing, and the uneasy ambience.
This provocation provides a lighter moment to evade the deadly, dangerous and damaging vulnerabilities of the feared flood and the nagging COVID-19 repercussions. It wasn’t paid entertainment, but forced humour.
The lady and lordly environment affirmed a consternation of awe and disgust in an unsettling subtleness, and the required gentle behaviour of many of the disciplined leaders formed a core of lacking in decorum. Of course, downgraded from the inception of flared and uncouth newcomers since the 12th Parliament began to sit with the PPP/C Party as the new Government in power and the APNU/AFC as the new Opposition, the reality show nevertheless found favourable moments of average decency, and the respect of the chair was primarily conducive of learned individuals for the better part of the sessions. There was the exception of a pensive moment by the Opposition APNU/AFC Member of Parliament Mr. Patterson, when he foxily tried to address the honorable speaker of the house with the provocative description of “blight,” under his breath.
His craftiness was quickly observed by the Chair, and Patterson was asked by Mr. Mansoor Nadir to retract the word, and Mr. Patterson denied using that type of language to describe the Chair. He did allude that there may be other “B” words to ascribe in his vocabulary to use at his disposal. A $21.3 billion supplementary budget was approved, most of which will go towards the flood relief programme, the purchase of more vaccines to fight the COVID-19, and the balance for other economic and social activities and projects.
Also, the APNU/AFC Party woke up to a hangover from having a motion passed, ousting Mr. David Patterson as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
During the discourse saturated with heated debates, boisterous arguments, vociferous screaming, volcanic ire and explosive anger, there were many consternated exchanges between both sides of the house, many times causing the intervention of the Speaker and him having to ask many of the Opposition Members of Parliament to withdraw certain innuendoes.
As expected, there were many variables of gymnastic trauma and theatric drama, included in the night’s saga. Here are a few excerpts from the evening, punctuated with a bellyful of laughter because of the staged satire.
It was amusing to listen to the Opposition saying, “Mismanagement will not be tolerated in this house.” Sadly, the APNU/AFC Party is confused with who created bankruptcies and overdrafts, and who provided surpluses. Imagine the Opposition having the gall to talk about needing transparency.
APNU/AFC Party must be reminded about all the exposed corruptions as revealed by the Auditor General during their tenure of stewardship. The Opposition is accusing the Government of “breaching the Constitution.” Well, well, well, we can list endless pages of justice delayed is justice denied by the APNU/AFC Party. Should we mention for a start the staggering NCM issue, or the GECOM Chair Patterson’s appointment, or the refusal to demit office after losing the election?
Soul searching and sole sourcing came into the attack as perpetrated by the PPP/C. APNU/AFC wants to forget about all the flagrant illegitimate contracts, in particular the birth certificate purchase from one of their own members. APNU/ AFC MPs are really funny characters. Imagine them accusing the Government of buying junk instead of genuine stuff. Some of the boats they had purchased were misfits and their planes never saw their wings in the air. It was comical to listen to the Opposition army man talking about training to pilot the boats. He should have included the training required to ride a bicycle, which any schoolboy can do without having to go the USA. On top of that, 12 of them?
So hypocritical, the Opposition talking about the need to include items in the Budget before expending disbursements. The CCJ had cautioned Granger that he was in a “caretaker mode” only. But we all know what happened afterwards, don’t we? What a laugh, the Opposition alluding to a shortage of staff currently at the GWI after they had unnecessarily doubled the staff on being installed after 2015.
It was surely a horrible night at the movie, perpetrating the horror of despicable, destructive, desperate, denigrated and damaging meanness by APNU/ AFC bullish attitudes, tantamount to their legacy of blackguard behaviour and a mantra for dishonesty, lies, deceits and tongue-twisting.
At the end of the day (night or morning), the APNU/AFC Party is predicting that they will win the next election and then the PPP/C Party will have to face their wrath when they take the seat as the Opposition! Someone needs to needle that balloon early to spill their baloney. Is it a “day dream” or a “night-mare?”

Respectfully,
Jai Lall