New government, old attitudes, human nature?

The virtually-premature ministerial salary increase generosity aside, I share my thoughts on issues of authority, power, humility in fair-minded service and political personality changes.

The numerous reactions to the Cabinet and Parliamentary pay rises – some responses expected Opposition-fuelled propaganda, some more reasoned concerns – and this Sunday’s Stabroek editorial – Ministers’ pay rise – all beat me to it. Still, however, I muse on, the consequences of the APNU+AFC collaboration assuming governmental dominion and state-control, in terms of reasonable expectations of their supporters, as well as fulfilment of certain suspicions.

Based on my own 1970’s-to-1990’s “PNC-experience (s)” I’ll personalise all this, as this