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The Opposition must root out the old Trojans who are taking up space

Jul 14, 2014 Letters

Dear Editor,
I am somewhat disgusted with the antics being played out in Parliament and in the political circles.  These people have been mandated to represent us and our concerns and what happens?  We have a President who is scared of his own shadow and who is allowing a former president to run the country. Lo and behold! We now have an Opposition Leader who is also leader of the PNC, who does not run the Party. So, in essence, David Granger is just another Ramotar! Neither of these two is in charge of their portfolios.
Why can’t Robert Corbin bow out like Ptolemy Reid did years ago? He just sits there and runs the party into the ground.  It appears he has a full time job to ensure that the PNC never wins another election in this country. All the signs are there and Granger is sucking up to the moment.
This party owes it to the people who voted for them to give us proper and effective representation at all costs.  How can they explain leaving out Aubrey Norton and Mervyn Williams from Parliament? These two would do a very good job.  Instead, they keep people who have long reached the cul-de-sacs of their political careers. Why do we the voters have to endure keeping the likes of Amna Ally (A PNC dinosuar), Africo Selman and Ernest Elliot taking up seats which could be utilised by people who will make sense and who could stand up to the PPP?  That robs us the voters of proper representation and is tantamount to corruption.
Mr. Granger must stop making excuses for being led by his nose and either lead the party or leave it!
From most reports, Vanessa Kissoon does not need too much provocation for a confrontation.  On the other hand, there is Oscar Clarke who has become senile in the position of General Secretary.  Both of them should move on.
With all of this going on in the PNC can they even begin to counter the statements from the PPP Commissioners on GECOM that there is so much work to be done before Local Government Elections can be proceeded with?  How come, we now hear about boundaries to be demarcated etc.  Methinks these boundaries were demarcated before with the setting up of the system of Local Democracy.  Have they been changed? If so, when?
What the PNC fails to see (because they spend too much time with in-fighting) is that the PPP is subtly shifting around their few supporters, bringing them in to Region 4 and moving out the PNC supporters to other Neighbourhoods controlled by them (PPP).  Are they even politically sensible to notice this or are they paid to turn a blind eye.  One of the PPP Commissioners was once the IT brain at GECOM.  I do recall that someone was left in a computer room at the GECOM office.  I know the man, you know the man, all ah wee know the man.
The opposition must now get up from their slumber, root out the old trojans who are only taking up space in their respective parties and in parliament and show us that they are worthy of our trust.
Michael Chance

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