Representing…the “people”

As your Eyewitness wrote yesterday, the parties that won seats to the National Assembly are in the throes of announcing who’s gonna be sent to represent their “peeps”. Speculation on the specifics is rife, but there’ve been a couple of seemingly firm announcements – with more reports from “sources” of varying credibility. Pressie’s been playing things very close to his vest – and with him not wearing any vest that’s visible to the eye, he’s been very guarded indeed!! There was one source that claimed a technocratic fella with top-notch credentials in environmental matters might get the nod as Foreign Minister.
Now, in this era of seismic shifts in the old post-WWII world order – as a small nation with big oil reserves – we’re gonna need a real heavy hitter in those shark-infested oceans!! Kinda like the choice Burnham faced in the 1970s during the Cold War between the US and USSR – and he picked Shridath Ramphal!! While environmentalism is one of the items on the international agenda, we can see that unfortunately, it’s considered more as a virtue-signalling device than an interest that makes the (present) world go round!! But then, the technocratic maven might’ve shown extraordinary diplomatic facility with the oil companies he’s been dealing with – which might make him shine with global leaders!!
The most interesting news has come from the PNC. They’ve evidently decided to float the announcement that Norton’s gonna take the advice of most observers – including your Eyewitness – and decided he ain’t gonna go sit in Parliament. But as the leader of the list, he’ll decide who does!! According to the news, his place will be taken by Terrence Campbell – the fella who owns all those fast-food joints around the place!! Not so incidentally, he was the fella sent by AFC’s Nigel Hughes to negotiate the terms under which the latter would become the leader of the joint opposition coalition.
We can now perhaps understand the reason why he didn’t consummate any such deal but instead decided to join the PNC slate!! While he doesn’t know squat about Parliament or Parliamentary affairs, maybe he can franchise that out??! And maybe he can match WIN’s Sanction Man’s monetary largesse by promising a fried chicken breast to any Scrapehead who’d deserted the PNC for WIN to return home?? And we all know how Scrapes love their crispy fried chicken!!
And talking about WIN, your Eyewitness hasn’t seen any Scrapeheads in the names being floated for Parliament!! What gives?? When you consider that representatives are supposed to re-present their constituents – not a single one of the names he’s seen knows what it is to be a Scrapehead!!
As Brother Bob says – only those who know it, feel it!! Bun dem!!

…America’s angst
Yesterday was “9/11”. Just by the fact that in any part of the world, any of the 8+ billion persons inhabiting it would know what 9/11 means, it signals the power of America in influencing world opinion!! That was the day, of course – 24 years ago – when the course of world history was turned a right angle by nineteen men armed only with box cutters. They commandeered and plunged four aircrafts into the Twin Towers in NY and the Pentagon in W Virginia.
The cost of enhanced post-9/11 security measures – apart from the frustrations of passengers – has to’ve run into the TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS!! Then there’s the cost of the expanded “War on Terror”, which cost an additional US$ trillions – and millions of lives – along with dozens of countries still enmeshed in wars! So what’s the lesson of 9/11 – apart from “don’t mess with America”?? To your Eyewitness, it’s that “knock got knock back”!!
Sadly, the knockback goes on in an infinite regression that might just engulf us all!!

…the Opposition?
The EU Election Observation Mission – in your Eyewitness’s opinion – came with an agenda. And that agenda was to throw a lifeline to the PNC by holding the PPP Government to standards none of the EU countries observe!!