REMNANTS OF AN OLD, DESPERATE GUARD

Dec 28, 2011 Features / Columnists, Peeping Tom

In a previous column – Put Them Out of Pasture – this column suggested that there were forces within the ruling party that were out to derail the political progress being made between the government and the opposition parties.
This progress was a consequence of political maturity and was evident even before the results of the elections when the leaders issued a joint statement. This was followed soon after by meetings between the leaders which have yielded encouraging results.
This is in stark contrast with what existed in the past and it seems that certain old and worn forces have become envious and distrustful of this progress and are out to derail it. The first sign of this was the tone of the statement issued in relation to the position of the Speaker of the National Assembly. The real objective, however, was never to press for respect for parliamentary convention, but rather to scuttle the ongoing talks between the Alliance for Change (AFC) and A Partnership for National Unity (APNU).
The second salvo has since been fired and there are severe implications for Guyana by this move. It is now clear that there are elements within the new administration, with the backing of some perverse legal opinions, who are hell-bent on pursuing the old vindictive agenda of the previous government. And these remnants have been successful in convincing the government to adopt a measure that will make the government highly unpopular and irretrievably harm Guyana’s standing in international and regional cricket.
It seems there were agendas that were incomplete from the last administration, and that agendas are being settled in these the early days of the new, unsuspecting administration. Amongst these agendas is the decision to install an interim management committee (IMC) for local cricket, a move that was put on the backburner in the run-up to the elections, because it would have disqualified Guyana from hosting the regional fifty-over tournament and which could have cost the ruling party votes.
Now that the elections are over, this agenda has been resurrected and foisted on the new government.
This is an ill-advised step. There is in place a board that administers cricket in Guyana. Whatever the issues with that board, they have to be settled by the respective constituent members, and not through political or governmental interference, since such measures are not permissible by the governing associations responsible for international and regional cricket.
The old guard that is responsible for resurrecting this issue is very much aware of this, but it has its own plans, and it is part of a major move to take over local cricket. There is a plan involved here, and it will cost Guyana dearly, because there is no way that the West Indies Cricket Board, the International Cricket Council and the public in Guyana are going to allow for political control of cricket. This has never happened before in Guyana, and it should never be allowed to happen. It is a most dangerous development.
The move to an IMC is not about cricket. In the days that will follow, the public will get an idea of the real agenda that is at work, and will discover just who and what are behind these maneuvers. And it will become clear that the strings are being pulled from the remnants of the old regime, who have been able to impose themselves on the new, unsuspecting administration.
The President of Guyana should allow himself over the new few days to be briefed fully on the history of these matters. He should then do the right thing and pause the establishment of the IMC, before he finds himself being embarrassed regionally and internationally, and before a ban is placed on the participation of local cricketers in international cricket.
He should then realize that his work is far from complete and that he has no other option, if he is to secure his standing in the government and the party, than to root out the remnants that are pursuing this old agenda.

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