You know, dear reader, your Eyewitness isn’t given to saying, “I told you so”!! And whenever he does, it’s just to remind you that his analysis – of whatever he’d predicted – was on the ball. So, like they say, he wants to forewarn you, so you can be forearmed. He’s talking about what went down at Mocha on Thursday, of course. The day before – meaning it was written even earlier – he’d reviewed the background to the Mocha standoff and explained that the PNC were determined to create the “garrisons” of Jamaican politics in our dear ole Mudland.
These garrisons are “owned” by the political parties, and are controlled by armed bandits and criminals. Even the Police enter at their peril!! We had an early experience after the 2002 jailbreak, when the escapees turned Buxton into a garrison – and HUNDREDS were murdered. After that gang was wiped out by 2008, there’d been a lull…but your Eyewitness discerns the seeds of other garrisons being planted – starting with Mocha. This was how he ended the prescient piece: “So where do we go from here?? Downwards, that’s where!! Sooner rather than later, guns gonna be pulled!!”
And lo and behold, it was worse!! A channa bomb, or Molotov cocktail, was thrown by a protestor – caught on the video feed – into the driver’s cab of the excavator conducting the demolition!! It, of course, immediately burst into an explosive flame, which caused the operator to jump out to save his life!! Now, this is attempted murder!! Whoever threw the explosive device – which had an incendiary accelerant – had to put it together at least the night before. So, he came to the Mocha demolition exercise – along with a host of Opposition officials and supporters – with the PREMEDITATED intention to take out the excavator driver!! This is attempted murder, fellow Guyanese.
Luckily the flames were quickly extinguished by the Police; and, as mentioned, the driver had the presence of mind to jump out of the cab. Your Eyewitness is quite concerned, however, that the perpetrator wasn’t apprehended by the Police. But he guesses they were trying to save the excavator!! Ironically, in view of the Opposition’s lamentations – not to mention the gnashing of teeth! – of discrimination, the contractor hired for the demolition was an African Guyanese! Like the fifty that got contracts to build bridges (pun intended!) in Buxton!! So here it is, an African Guyanese could’ve lost his life and the contractor his multi-million-dollar excavator. Ah, well…your Eyewitness supposes that this will be chalked up as acceptable collateral damage.
Anyhow, the PPP Government keeps playing catch up in the war the PNC have unleashed to justify their campaign to remove the PPP from office “by any means necessary”!!
Gotta step up!!
…in the US Congress
As if we didn’t know already, democracy can be a messy business. Inevitably so since every person – through their representatives – has a finger in the pie!! If you wanna know how messy it could get, just turn on your TV or smartphone and look at what’s happening – or NOT happening!! – in the US Congress.
We know the Republicans won the House 222 to the Democrats 213, don’t we?? So, the next step is for them to elect the Speaker from their ranks; which shouldn’t be a problem, since they have the votes, no?? NO!! In the US, the Representatives and Senators are much more independent than here. How independent?? Think Charrandas and his “no…no…no” vote!! Anyhow, Republican nominee McCarthy has been opposed by 20 of his hardline colleagues, who fear he’ll give away the store!!
History’s being made, since, after 11 rounds of voting, he hasn’t gotten the majority!! Longest in 164 years!!
…on democracy
Economic giant Japan’s usually quiet on the international stage. That’s changing. The Japanese are rearming, and just denounced rising “authoritarianism”. “We must rebuild a World Order based on the fundamental values of freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.”
Bad news for PNC!!
