Indefatigable, ubiquitous: Minister M I Ali

– Local government? Community management? How?

Because of this weekend’s Trade Exposition and Fair – GuyExpo – and because I have been reading a few letters-to-editors describing the PPP and its ministers in rather harsh language, I’ve chosen to mention, with some emphasis one rather publicly-vibrant one: Mohamed Irfaan Ali.

As both a retired and tired political fellow (’73 to ’97), I recall observing the verve, enthusiasm, even abilities of such People’s National Congress (PNC) young Turks as Aubrey Norton, the late Elvin McDavid, RHO Corbin, Simpson DaSilva. (That list of youth stalwarts and YSM cadres could be long!)

Fast-forwarding to the present era, scrutiny of our Cabinet ministers, their party activists and the consequences of their policies, implementation and behaviours leaves impressions of