-T.N.D.: pre-empting, preventing “internal” upheavals
Decided to be a bit overtly political today. Naturally – for me – I’ll leave the re-energised debates and commentaries about the implications and consequences of the Caribbean Court’s (CCJ) findings and decisions to …you know who.
Partly because, although I respect the wisdom of our legal eagles, the deliberation and explorations of legal and judicial interpretations, at my age and stage, I, like other thousands, was and would have always been wedded to almost-obvious conclusions: that His Excellency bullied his position and disrespected the Constitution regarding the manner he chose his GECOM headman; that our Constitution advised 33 and not 34 as the necessary majority and that, as our learned Chief Justice had long found, Charrandass’ vote was/is valid. I needed no court to change my layman’s views on those issues. Oh, but when I think of the multi-millions spent by His Excellency’s Attorney-General retaining various counsel! Some village roads and community centres – and the national disgrace that is Le Repentir Cemetery could have used Basil’s/our millions so wastefully spent.
My self-shame seems to be “boiling” each week over what I did on Polling Day May 2015. What did I do? I voted Granger – Nagamootoo. Not because I liked them lots. I was really voting against the new PPP as then represented by Rabindranath Ramotar and his lady Prime Minister running-mate, my dear friend Mrs Harper. Now with each passing week, His Excellency seems to be embracing two behaviours that disappoint. One, he seems reluctant to discipline his errant officeholders. Two, his benign political bullyism is now emerging for us all to behold.
