Which path… in politics?

Democratic elections were devised for folks to select their Governments – rather than being ruled by absolute monarchs or dictators!! The difference between the last two being monarchs is that they insisted their rule had “divine” blessings!! In our case, the Brits had ruled us as a colony in which every one of them – from plantation overseer to shop owner – was a monarch over us!! And it took all sorts of struggles – in city streets, on beaches, in fields and in villages – to ease their foot over our necks!!
But by the sixties – as Eric Williams said after his PNM won the elections in Trinidad back in 1956, “Fighting in the streets is over, and politics in Parliament will now begin!” And over there in carnival land they’ve done pretty well as far as societal stability is concerned, innit?? They’ve stuck to settling their differences – inevitable even in families, much less an entire country! – in parliament rather than in the streets!!
But over here in Mudland, Fat Boy Burnham returned us to a dictatorship – where he created a constitution that gave him even more power than Hitler over in Germany!! So it wasn’t no surprise that Guyanese who weren’t card-carrying supporters of Burnham’s PNC also reverted to extra-parliamentary actions to get him to change his erring ways!! But he’d taken to dictatorial rule like a pig to sh*t – having imbibed Machiavelli since he was in high school!! He sharpened and deployed his “sharper steel” to deadly effect on “We the people”!!
But with the return of democracy in 1992 – and the return to Parliament – one would have thought street action went out of the picture. But it wasn’t to be!! Guess the old folk wisdom about “once dogs start sucking eggs, you just can’t get them to stop” kicked in!! Hoyte’s PNC led street protests that escalated into a frontal attack on the state and Indian Guyanese-perceived PPP supporters!! Be as it may, since then our politics have evolved to a more even keel after our more ethnically balanced population ended the situation where an ethnic majority – read Indian Guyanese for the longest while! – would automatically capture the Government!!
Now out of the (old, rotten) woodwork comes this geriatric member of the WPA – from the six who’re still alive – calling for African Guyanese to return to the streets to create political change!! He’s supporting the identical call by his comrade Black Pudding Man – who was sent by PNC leader Aubrey Norton to Parliament!!
What it means, then, is since the democratic process banished these fellas to oblivion, they’re out to capture power “by any means necessary”!! Maybe the 33 AK-47s for new Buxton Freedom Fighters??
Take heed!!

…for Sanction Man
Sanction Man just got a further reprieve from keeping his date in that orange jump suit in Florida!! The CCJ was supposed to rule on his appeal that the PPP officials who’re following up on our extradition treaty with the US – are “politically biased” and so are out to get him!! But they’ve delayed their announcement – which sadly has given Sanction Man some (false) hope!!
So, he’s once again taken on the poor slob he beat out for the LOO position – Aubrey Norton – demanding that he be allowed to select the three GECOM Opposition Commissioners!! He’s insisting on a meeting to settle this!! However, the three worthies who’re presently there insist that only death or resignations can get them out – and they ain’t budging!! Since they’re all geriatrics, the salary is a wonderful inducement to stay put!!
So, Norton has merely shrugged his shoulders and said, “What’s there to meet and discuss?? There ain’t no vacancies in GECOM!!”
Meanwhile, Sanction Man’s waiting to reward his lawyers!!

…on Iran?
As your Eyewitness has emphasised, we’ve got quite a lot of skin riding on the status of the Iran War. While the truce-text still hasn’t been released, we’re getting glimpses that suggest Iran’s really coming out smelling roses!!