Chanderpaul had to go, but the separation should have been better

Dear Editor,

 

First, Guyanese clamouring for heads to roll still have not gained the full measure of the new President. There is a deliberateness and a honed meticulousness in his thinking, methods, timing, and approach. He manifested this before, during, and after the election season. He is doing the exact same thing now. Many are those given space and string to commit themselves further. After all, they are neither unknown quantities, nor is there any Mother Teresa among the lot. More than a few faces will be shown the door; some leaving and some arriving.

The new minister of National Security is best equipped to provide insights as to the location of the door where they will be arriving. Additionally, quite a few places (dens of checkered repute) will undergo sanitizing and much needed interior redecorating. Think media for starters. Let’s face it: things cannot proceed with those who would have failed any acceptable objective and integrity test. Give it until Thanksgiving on the outside.

Second, Shiv Chanderpaul had to go. He was not contributing; the game he loved and gave so much to had left him behind. He should have gone out at the top and with his pride and dignity intact. But like so many other past-the-prime champions, including boxers, NFL players, jockeys, musicians, and others, the inevitable is denied, and sought to be delayed, even as these one-time immortals are but a pale shadow of themselves; sometimes a forlorn pathetic one. It is regrettable in the instance of Shiv who was, by any standards, a great and durable performer on the biggest stages. It is also regrettable how the separation occurred. It could have been, should have been better. Chanderpaul was owed that much.

 

Yours faithfully,
GHK Lall