At 10 this morning, the curtains will be drawn in parliament. It is that enchanting hour, when Guyana’s leprechauns and goblins come into their own, and men on broomsticks take command of the day. Will the lights go out in the National Assembly, or will a ray or two slip through the cracks? With NCN as the sole media presence, matters are in hand. Guyanese are on the threshold of knowing what they don’t want to know. They long stopped thinking about such trivia as constitutional democracy, or parliamentary democracy. They now know better than to expect anything other than more drama from the Speaker of the National Assembly, some spots of political melodrama from the PPP Govt of Excellency Ali. And, to give a nice round flourish to the proceedings for the election of the Leader of the Opposition (LOO), another session of political seesawing, compliments of the ever-resourceful, forever calculating, PPP of Jagdeo and Nandlall.
Will there be a new Charandass rising to the call of duty? A fresh seller, an ambitious operator, well-lubricated by the green stuff, to take parliament, and the nation, by storm in early 2026? It is only January, and already contentiousness and craftiness have enjoyed a full, luscious season. If only January, I recoil from contemplating what the rest of this year holds. If not so, then it perplexes as to why the PPP Govt with the Speaker as its channel, and through the noble auspices of the Clerk of the Assembly, would go the trouble of excluding the local media from reporting on developments inside parliament re the LOO. It bewilders further that the PPP and the Speaker would show their hand, by singling out the State propaganda machine, the National Communications Network, to grace the supposed climax of the election of the LOO. In the context of Guyana, NCN is a synonym for PPP. Its well-indoctrinated and well-directed people will see what they want to see, and report to the Guyanese public what is decided at Freedom House and Office of the Presidency what they need to know. And no more. It is a peculiar kind of democracy, an exceptional type of transparency that has as its match what is practiced in places with names like Teheran and Panmunjom.
On a parliamentary wicket that is more conducive to fast bowlers (just run in and get the business done in a quick and efficient spell), the PPP Govt and the Speaker picked media spinners to produce what they have gotten good at compiling. Trash. Balderdash. With rehash of old deceptions and new concoctions distributed as truth, democracy, and the Guyana Way.
Who could be so base, so overripe with treachery, to betray voters, sell themselves for a bucket of silver? A barrel may be more like it, since so much more is at stake than a mere no-confidence motion, which serves as the starting point for new bargaining. In answer to that searing question about who, Guyanese should revisit what they live with, and how the turnstile of local politics works. There have been PNC crossovers. There have been AFC crossovers. There hasn’t been a single PPP crossover, which enlightens as to how compelling and self-enriching that corner of One Guyana is. It is awfully tempting, absolutely beyond resisting, which may be the perfect time for a WIN crossover.
What price character, integrity, loyalty to the voters who vested so much to so few who were so few in substance? I have heard about tornado chasers. I am about to encounter those claiming to be earthquake resisters. Thus, the alignments arranged for the potential reversal at 10 a.m. this Monday of the seismic change so bandied about all over the media. There is the great probability of the much-heralded seismic change being no change at all, only a phantom of the imagination. A fitting terminus for Guyana, for it has become that kind of country, thanks to the untiring plotting of the maneuvering, manipulating PPP. The pendulum swings back and forth, now impatiently, then relentlessly, to its 10 o’clock date with destiny. It’s time for trick or treat. NCN is there as the sole eyewitness, and that says it all. Guyanese should already have a solid idea of what PPP witchery and new political depravity cometh at 10 a.m. this Monday. Could it be? This is Live from Guyana.
