Signs…of (Opposition) life

As you know, your Eyewitness had complained (bitterly!) about the Leader of the PNC Opposition (LOPO) not providing grist for your Eyewitness’ mill – which not only grinds finely but continuously!! Well, he’s pleased that word must’ve gotten to him since he roused himself to pronounce on a host of matters!! He indignantly rejected the pernicious notion that HE was the reason why so many PNC executives have jumped ship!! “No siree Bob!!” he exclaimed. “They left because they didn’t become MPs!! The old “sour grapes” syndrome!!
Now your Eyewitness doesn’t expect those who’ve become MPs – especially ones like Chicken Man who wasn’t even a party member, much less an exec – to criticise the fella who sent them there!! But he hopes Chicken Man realises he was picked precisely because he’s got absolutely no base in the PNC!! He’s a creature of Norton who’ll expect vigorous and frequent boot-licking!! However, your Eyewitness can distinctly remember some departees calling Norton’s name to question his leadership style!!
Anyhow, he pulled out an old chestnut to demand a 25 per cent raise for public servants!! But that chestnut’s been thrown into the fire so many times to be roasted, your Eyewitness thinks even if he were the LOO rather than the LOPO, he wouldn’t have gotten a rise out of public servants!!! Wasn’t he part of the PNC coalition Government that stiffed those public servants after promising a SUBSTANTIAL raise?? So the PPP Government ain’t even gonna blink until Norton shows he’s trying to wrest the LOO’s legitimacy back!!
Turning his eyes to the foreign landscape – because the local one’s so bleak for him??!! – Norton demanded evidence that the Cartel de los Soles is what Trump says it is before supporting US Operation Southern Spear to remove Mad Maduro!! Oooooh!! Trump must be shivering in his boots!! But your Eyewitness wonders which audience he was directing those comments to!! Was it those scrapeheads who deserted him to support Sanction Man – who probably’s got more than a passing acquaintance with that cartel – which also deals with gold smuggling!!
But what was surprising was when one of the MPs who Norton had sent off to Parliament – who presumably got his confidence – demanded more details on the Statement of Intent (SOI) the US military officials had signed with our Government. The SOI was characteristically bland as these things are – “to reaffirm a strong security and military relationship based on a shared commitment to peace, sovereignty, and security in the Western Hemisphere”.
Does the PNC really want national security issues in the press?? If this is what we can expect from the party of Burnham – who fancied himself a master of diplomacy – they should expect to become a footnote in Guyana’s history!!

…of school disorder
If it’s one good thing that came out of our British past, it was the respect students inculcated for teachers. It really came out of the respect for education by our fore parents who came out of slavery – and later indentureship – as the tool to deliver real emancipation. As such, your Eyewitness was very disappointed to read about all the vulgarity displayed by students and even violence in some schools. And of the weapons these students now tote around!
But let’s face it…this behaviour is coming straight outta Compton and other American inner-city ghettoes. Sadly, it’s the culmination of the glorification of that ghetto culture by youths that’s taken over schools in what’re now called “hoods”. It started with the misogynistic “gangsta” rap that glorified violence – and influenced dancehall singers like Elephant Man, Vybz Kartel, Skeng, etc. – that’s the first step. Look what happened in Jamaica – which had the same colonial background as us.
We gotta get this out from the roots!!

…of positive Opposition
WIN held a press conference to showcase their Parliamentary agenda – but it was the same ole, same ole like with the PNC – just bitching and complaining!!
Can’t they be positive and help the Government fight gold smuggling and tax evasion??!