Here we are again with the fifth Edition of the Jubilee and Oily Campaign. You are reminded that this feature – whilst commenting “seriously” on various campaign issues – is meant to sprinkle water of love and some laughter on the sometimes fiery rhetoric and activities of the more aggressive campaigners.
“Bussing” around the base
The two major contestants, PNC/APNU and the PPP, both offer humour when you “seriously” consider their Rent-A-Crowd techniques at campaign-rally time.
Minibuses, taxis and trucks make good cash as the major parties “truck around” hundreds of their supporters to “rallies” held in faraway places.
So when the Prime Minister Moses and his bodyguards hold a meeting in Whim on the Corentyne you might well notice attendees from other villages – as well as from Lodge, Mocha or Vreed-en-Hoop! The PPP, reportedly had scores from Alexander Village, Canal No.2 and Enmore at their “Linden” Rally! The cameras must capture large, large attendance for television and newspapers. After all, with numbers like those how could they both – after March 02 – “lose”?
We wonder if Prime Minister Prakash’s AFC, as a separate entity, holds its own “mass rally”; won’t its major coalition partner, PNC/APNU, contribute a “massive crowd”?
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Cheddi Jagan in coalition colours?
It was probably a sight for the old-time PPP stalwart-comrades’ eyes to behold. And for their hearts to grieve over” Cheddi Jagan in APNU/AFC colours!
It happened a few days ago in New York, New York, USA. Cheddi Jagan, Junior, well-known as “Joey”, donned the Guyana governing parties’ yellow and green as he joined his one-time (former) political opponents at their grand meeting for their “diasporic” comrades and donors. Imagine! A Jagan now for the party of Burnham – his deceased god-father – of Ptolemy Reid, of Green and Corbin.
It is to be recalled that Joey – who genuinely dislikes all the bones in Bharrat’s body – did rave against Jagdeo’s PPP a few elections ago. Then two days before actual polling, he switched back his support and image for his late daddy’s party. But now in 2020 Cheddi (Junior) seems to be a true coalition comrade.
Which prompted an annoyed old PPP loyalist to recall: “Yuh na see why he own father Comrade Cheddi never give e no position after 1992? Papa Cheddi did rather give e security comrade position but not Joey. Cheddi never know why dat boy so up-and-down”.
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Comrade chairperson, campaign-warrior
Volda – The padlock and the act
One Stabroek News columnist wrote that PNC Chairperson, Volda Lawrence – who once publicly said that she is no “survivor”, she is a warrior – frequently “wraangtalks”. Meaning she is prone to “misspeak” uttering insensitive statements that opposition and even non-political persons would find offensive.
“Wraang-talk”? We wonder. There could be method to “Burnham-Pickney” Volda’s madness. We won’t dwell on the obvious negative, provocative messages herein. Instead we remind Volda, the PNC, the PPP and all contestants and their supporters just what the Representation of the People Act instructs. (No APNU padlocks!)
“Persons who molest or otherwise interfere with an elector” or “obstructs or interferes with access to, or egress from a polling place or the movement of documents and other material…including ballot boxes and ballot papers” can face a fine of $65,000 and jail for one year.
Let Permanent Peace Prevail (PPP) and let Progress Never Cease (PNC).
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Eric’s “erection” election!
Comrade Eric, at age 66, still stammers and stutters and he is also given to frequent malapropisms – humorous misuse of words; frequently words that sound similar.
So he was telling the fellas: “I-I-I-I en interested in dese erections. Erections doan assist me no time. I want enjoy life always. Not only erection every five years! I is a man who does mek love not war. And dis erection look like it gon gat injury, violence, not me!”
Until….
